Beltrame
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
ModelerModelling attributed to
Peter Reinicke
(German, 1715 - 1768)
ModelerModelling probably by
Johann Joachim Kändler
(German, 1706 - 1775)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
DateAugust 1744
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 13.6 x 10.5 cm (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
MarkingsTrace of crossed swords in underglaze blue
DescriptionA Meissen figure of Beltrame, bearded, with his cap in his left hand. His white cloak is over his extended right arm offering a letter, wearing a lilac jacket with black ruffs, yellow breeches and with a white pouch about his waist, on tree-stump applied with flowers.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.928
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: State Factory
c.1744-1750, perhaps decorated a few years later
Object number: G83.1.872
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1740-1744
Object number: G83.1.871.1 -2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
