The 400 Artworks of media Porcelain and containing the word johannes vermeer, porcelain, baroque

Meissen teapot and cover, /

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The model maker Johann Joachim Kandler (1706–1775) started work in Meissen in 1731. During his long career he made several thousand models for the factory and created a new style in porcelain sculpture. His early works were Baroque figures with powerful, expressive gestures. In the mid-1740s, he dev...

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In 1737, Augustus III of Poland (1734–1763) [also known as Augustus II, Elector of Saxony (1733–1763)] placed a special order with Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775), the chief model-maker for the Meissen Porcelain Factory. He asked him to make altar paraphernalia for his mother-in-law, Empress Amal...

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Work consists of 39 dinner place settings of porcelain flatware (fork, knife and spoon), porcelain chalice, and decorated porcelain plate. Each setting is laid out on a separate embroidered textile runner. Thirteen place settings are on each side (48 feet long) of a triangular table draped with a wh...

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As Spanish colonial rule expanded in the Americas, sugarcane began to be produced on plantations using forced labour from local inhabitants. When the population declined due to hardship and disease, the colonial government arranged for the procurement of African slaves. This led to a triangular trad...

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