THREE FIGURES FROM A SERIES OF TWELFE GODS AND GODESSES

Description:

Wallendorf, circa 1775/80
H. 25 cm
Venus/Aphrodite, Minerva/Pallas Athene and Saturn/Chronos. Base with rocaille relief, W mark in underglaze blue (Venus and Minerva). Some restorations, chipped.
Jan Ahlers Collection
A sales book of the manufactory from 1770 already mentions months, parts of the world, planets and years. According to Sattler 1993, p. 134 Wallendorf at this time only Franz Josef Naumann (1765 - 67) and Johann Heinrich Christian Wannbeck (1773 - 75) can be named as modellers.
Literature: Sattler 1993, No. 48 (Venus) and No. 49 (Chronos)