Dancing girl (Columbine)

Doccia Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1770 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The Meissen figure by Kändler (1974.232.1) served as a model for that made in the Ginori factory (1974.28.116). It is fascinating to observe some of the differences that exist between the German hard-paste figure with its admirable sharpness of modeling, and the Italian statuette with colors that sink into the soft-paste like footsteps in driven snow. One might also compare the plain base of the earlier model with the ornate rocaille base of the latter.

Artist

Doccia Porcelain Manufactory

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

Italian, Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973