Pantalone and Harlequine
Manufacturer
Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
(Austrian, 1719 - 1744)
CultureAustrian
OriginVienna, Vienna, Austria
PeriodMaria Theresia (1740-1780)
Datec.1740-1744
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 11.8 x 6.4 cm (4 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA pair of Du Paquier Vienna figures from the 'Commedia dell'Arte'. Pantaloon is in an attitude with his hands by his side instead of clasped behind his cloak and standing upright. He wears a silver cap, oxidized black, and his cloak strewn with silver floral sprays, iron-red doublet with gilt belt from which hangs a short dagger. He also wears white breeches, pale lilac hose and yellow shoes. His companion, sometimes identified as Harlequine and sometimes Columbine, stands squatly holding up the two lower edges of her pale grey apron, with feathers in her green hat. She has long curly grey hair, perhaps powdered, and her bodice has a chequer pattern in iron-red, blue and white with gilt enrichments. Her full skirt has sprays of lilac with pale green leaves. They are both on green-washed bases.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.871.1 -2
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Austrian PorcelainStatus
On viewArtist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1765
Object number: G83.1.939.1-2
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
c. 1930-35
Object number: G83.1.947
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
c.1760-1765
Object number: G83.1.863
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
January 1743
Object number: G83.1.919