Pas de Deux

Joseph Nees|Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory

ca. 1760–63 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The founder of the Ludwigsburg factory, Duke Karl Eugen of Württemberg, was also the founder of what is now the Stuttgart Ballet. His enthusiastic patronage of both porcelain and the ballet is manifested in a series of models of single dancers, pas de deux, and pas de trois, all of which are undoubtedly based on the choreography of Jean-Georges Noverre, who created some nine ballets for Karl Eugen between 1760 and 1766.

Artist

Joseph Nees|Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory

Date

ca. 1760–63

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

German, Ludwigsburg

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982