Dancing couple in eighteenth-century costume

Unknown (Austrian)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
19th-20th century
Height:
18.9 cm  (7 7/16 in.)
Width:
16.0 cm  (6 5/16 in.)
Depth:
9.1 cm  (3 9/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
hard paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze

    Item location

  • Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 1941.111]manufacturer's mark: bottom, underglaze blue: [shield design with two horizontal lines through]
    inscription: base, graphite: No. 5545
    inscription: back of base, incised: Renard
    inscription: bottom, blue underglaze, painted: R

Description

A couple in elegant 18th-century style dancing attire is presented with both members facing forward, side by side, each with outward arm curved slightly upward. A similar pose is seen in the painting 'La Camargo dancing' by
Nicolas Lancret (RIdIM item 5520).

Iconclass

43C92
one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple
41D2423
historical costume

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5668