The Spanish Lovers Beltrame and Columbine
Meissen Model by Kaendler, shortly before 1740; molded and decorated soon after / Height: 18.2 cm / Underglaze blue crossed swords mark inside the lady's skirt / Form No.: 230
The Group is not mentioned in Kaendler's workshop reports or his Taxa.
As graphical inspirations, the engravings “L’École des Maris” by Laurent Cars after Boucher and “Le Baiser Donné” by Pierre Filloeul after Jean-Baptiste Pater might have been used.
The model exists in various versions that differ slightly in details (Chilton 2001, p. 300). This group is represented in all major collections, including:
- Porcelain Collection in the Zwinger, Dresden (Pietsch 2006, no. 98)
- Fritz Thyssen Collection (Württemberg 1986, no. 49), now in the Bavarian National Museum
- Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (Bursche 1980, no. 392)
- Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto (Chilton 2001, no. 83, pp. 79–86 and p. 30)
- Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Basel (Menzhausen 1993, pp. 186 f.) = Cat. Commedia dell’Arte. Fest der Komödianten, no. 27 = von Pannwitz Collection I (Helbing 24–25.10.1905)
- The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection (Sotheby’s New York 21.05.1985, no. 48)
- Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection (Sotheby Parke Bernet New York 11.04.1980, no. 189)
- Baron Edmond de Rothschild Collection (Christie’s 17.10.1977, no. 185)
- The Rene Fribourg Collection (Sotheby’s 15.10.1963, no. 482)