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Hunter Couple in Front of Architecture and Tree Backdrop
Hunter Couple in Front of Architecture and Tree Backdrop

Hunter Couple in Front of Architecture and Tree Backdrop

Alternate TitleHunter Couple with Paniskoi Blowing a Syrinx
Former TitleFigure Group of a Hunter and a Lady
Former TitleModel of Franz Anton Bastelli
Former TitleThe Wooing of the Hunter
Manufacturer Ludwigsburg Pottery and Porcelain Factory (Württemberg, Germany, 1758 - 1824)
Dateca. 1763-1765
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 12 inches (30.48 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1365
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DescriptionA pair of lovers in hunting costumes with accompanying dogs pose in front of an architectural background, surrounded by greenery, atop which a Paniskoi (little Pan) plays a syrinx.Provenance

With Johann Nikolaus Vincent (1785-1865), Konstanz, Germany, by 1865;

Inherited by his son, Joseph Vincent (d. 1888);

Their sale, Kunst- Sammlung der Herren C. und P. N. Vincent in Konstanza am Bodensee. Glasgemälde; Porzellane, Fayencen, Majoliken; Arbeiten in Metall, Elfen[1]bein, Wachs, Holz etc.; Möbel, Einrichtungs-Gegenstände, Geweihe, Münzen und Medaillen, Bücher..., J.M. Heberle, Cologne, Germany, September 10, 1891, lot 619 as Liebespaar;

With Michiel Onnes (1878-1972), Château de Nijenrode, Breukelen, The Netherlands, by July 4, 1933;

Purchased at his sale, Collection Onnes de Nijenrode du Chateau de Nijenrode, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, July 4-7, 1933, lot 393, by Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, 1933, as Une grande groupe;

Purchased from Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

Published References

Katalog der Reichhaltigen Kunst- Sammlung der Herren C. und P. N. Vincent in Konstanza am Bodensee. Glasgemälde; Porzellane, Fayencen, Majoliken; Arbeiten in Metall, Elfen[1]bein, Wachs, Holz etc.; Möbel, Einrichtungs-Gegenstände, Geweihe, Münzen und Medaillen, Bücher etc. (Cologne: M. DuMont-Schauberg, 1891): p. 74, lot no. 619 (ill).

Collection Onnes de Nijenrode, du château de Nijenrode; tableaux anciens, meubles, sculptures, bronzes…(Amsterdam: Frederick Muller & Cie., 1933): p. 38, lot 393.


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