ArtistsJohann Joachim Kändler
Johann Joachim Kändler

Johann Joachim Kändler

1706–1775
Fischbach, Germany
Sculpture
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10
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26
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Johann Joachim Kändler was a German sculptor who became the most important modeller of Meissen porcelain, and perhaps of all European porcelain. He worked at Meissen from 1731 until his death in 1775.

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"Blackamoor" Figure of a Servant (18th century)
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Allegorical Figure of "Europe" (ca. 1760)
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Allegorical Figure of "America" (ca. 1760)
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Allegorical Figure of "Africa" (ca. 1760)
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Allegorical Figures of the "Four Continents" (ca. 1760)
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Figure of a Beggar Playing a Hurdy-Gurdy (1735–1740)
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Figure of a Bolognese Terrier (19th century)
Smithsonian Institution
Allegorical Figures of the "Four Continents" (18th century)
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Art Institute of Chicago
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