Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 124
A rare large Ludwigsburg group of the Finding of Moses, circa 1775
6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,530 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A rare large Ludwigsburg group of the Finding of Moses, circa 1775
Modelled by J.H. Schmidt, with four semi-nude ladies clothed in classical draperies, one kneeling and holding a baby, another lying on the ground and leaning on a pot spilling water emblematic of the Nile, the other two flanking a tree on rockwork at the back, one standing and the other seated, on a grassy and rockwork base, 33.2cm high, incised W(?)5 / AF 1 AM (minor chips)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Ernst Blumka (1886-1969), Vienna (to 1938) and London;
Thence by descent to the Eveline Newgas Collection, London
Only two other examples are recorded in the literature: D. Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (1997), no. 28 (without the tree), and another in L. Balet, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (Figurenplastik), Vol.I (1911), no. 398.
