Lot 1543 - A192 The Müller-Frei Collection - Tuesday, 16. June 2020, 02.00 PM
PANTALONE
Meissen, ca. 1737. Model by Johann Joachim Kändler and Peter Reinicke.
No mark.
H 16 cm.
Minor chips.
Provenance:
Auction Christie's Geneva, 28.04.1978, Lot No. 130.
The model for this figure of the rich and greedy Venetian merchant was taken from an engraving "Pantaleon ancien" by Jacques Callot (1592-1635). For a detailed discussion, see Angela Wallwitz, Celebrating Kaendler, Munich, 2006, p.109.
CHF 7 000 / 9 000 | (€ 7 220 / 9 280)
Sold for CHF 10 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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