Shepherd group of a couple under a tree
Meissen model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1738; cast and decoration 1741/42; 28.3 cm high; no mark; form no. 341 (Gröger 1956 p. 199)
Published in Langeloh Anniversary catalogue no. 131 pp. 696
The model is one of Kaendler's earliest shepherd groups, as can be concluded from the early form no. 341. It enjoyed great popularity, so that Kaendler created a second version, without a tree, as early as early 1742 (Taxa, Rafael in Keramos 203/204 2009 No. 117): ‘1 group depicting a lady neatly dressed in an Andrienne and a shephered well clad in his costume embracing each other, alongside with a little sheep, 12. Thlr.’