Freemason

Modeler Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706 - 1775)

Manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, founded in 1710)

Date1743

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 × 5 × 3 1/2 inches (29.85 × 12.7 × 8.89 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number34-127

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionFreemason in mauve coat and gold waistcoat painted with flowers, standing on a pedestal with emblems of freemasonry.Provenance

Provenance

Dr. Stein, Vienna [1];

With A. S. Drey, New York, by November 28, 1933-1934, as King August of Saxony represented as a Free-Mason [2];

Purchased from A. S. Drey by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] According to documentation provided by A. S. Drey, copies in NAMA curatorial file. The identity of Dr. Stein is uncertain, although one possibility is Rudolf Stein of Brno, Czechoslovakia, part of whose collection of German and Viennese porcelain was sold at Glückselig, Vienna in March 1924. The Nelson-Atkins figure was not in this sale, but a number of similar objects were included.

[2] A. S. Drey lent this object to the Nelson-Atkins opening exhibition, and it arrived at the museum November 29, 1933. It remained on loan until the Nelson-Atkins purchased the piece from Drey in January 1934.

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