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A bust of "Baron" Schmiedel enters the Metropolitan Museum
Buste du «baron» Schmiedel, 1739
Porcelaine dure - 47 x 36 x 24 cm
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photo : Guillaume Benoit
6/10/23 - Acquisition - New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art - This is an effigy (ill. 1) that was an ideal loss leader on the Kugel gallery stand at the Maastricht Tefaf and was even chosen to illustrate its latest greetings card. This Meissen hard-paste porcelain sculpture, recently acquired with funds from the Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, can now be admired at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As its online notice states, the bust of "Baron" Schmiedel is on display in Gallery 533 alongside other works modelled by Johann Joachim…
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