Figure from the Craftsman Series: Woodsman

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Figure from the Craftsman Series: Woodsman

ca. 1750

Meissen manufactory, German

Johann Joachim Kändler

German, 1706-1775

Peter Reinicke assistant

German, 1715 - 1768

The model for this figure was crafted by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775), who was probably assisted by Peter Reinicke (d. 1768). Romanticized porcelain figures of craftsmen, street vendors, and peasants were popularized by a newly awakened interest in the individual, fostered by the Age of Enlightenment.

Hard paste porcelain

8 5/8 in. (21.91 cm)

Diam.: 3 3/4 in.

Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

69.182

Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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