Harlequin and Columbine
Also titled Harlekijn en Colombine
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur
c. 1740 - c. 1744
- Medium
- porcelain
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 20.7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Harlequin and Columbine are stock figures in the Commedia dell’Arte, a form of Italian theatre in which the same recognizable characters play a role in different sketches. These performances were extremely popular in the 18th century. The leading characters recur in a variety of decorative objects, such as this figure group, which was modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler.
