13.9 cm high, underglaze blue swords mark at the back of the base, press number "26", corresponding to the model mark by Christophe Huet; Meissen model by Peter Reinicke in 1753, cast soon after
Reinicke, as with all 34 figures of the Cris de Paris series, worked from designs by the Parisian painter Christophe Huet (1700–1759), who was renowned for his singeries (monkey-themed artworks). Huet also created the designs for the Monkey Orchestra (Exhibition Catalogue, Chantilly 2020, pp. 81 ff. and fig. 39, No. 98, p. 227) and, around the same time, painted the Cabinets des Singes in the castles of Brühl and Chantilly as well as in the Hôtel de Rohan in Paris (Hansmann 1972, pp. 107–113, here p. 109).
His monogrammed, dated, and numbered (26) preparatory drawing of The Savoyard Woman bears the following inscription:
"No. 26 CH A Savoyard woman with her child in a wooden cradle – Savoyard de mondent."
The young mother, faithfully portrayed by Reinicke and Kaendler based on Huet’s drawing, does not strictly belong to the category of street vendors (Cris de Paris). She accompanies her Savoyard husband, who carries a Laterna Magica (magic lantern). This porcelain pair, marked with the KHC insignia, was displayed on the royal dessert table and is now part of the Franz E. Burda Collection (Kunze-Köllensperger, undated, Cat. Nos. 52, 53).
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