Captain Spavento
Franz Anton Bustelli|Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
ca. 1760, decoration 19th–20th century · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Bustelli treated his figures like actors performing to the music of Purcell or Mozart. He knew how to make porcelain the ideal vehicle for the creation of small sculptures, and how to impersonate in his charades the lighthearted charm that is the essence of rococo art.
- Artist
- Franz Anton Bustelli|Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
- Date
- ca. 1760, decoration 19th–20th century
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- German, Nymphenburg
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
