ID 1278559
Lot 2793 | Große seltene Meissen Figurengruppe "Raub der Jugend"
Estimate value
€ 500 – 1 000
Biskuitporzellan. Auf ovalem, rocailleförmig gerahmtem und mit plastischen Blüten und Blättern belegtem Sockel konzipierte, dynamisch bewegte Gruppe. Der schwebend dargestellte geflügelte, langbärtige Chronos als Gott der Zeit, mit seinen Armen Venus, Göttin der Schönheit umklammernd. Am Boden hockender, weinender Amor mit Fackel. Rückseitig liegender Totenschädel als Symbol der Vergänglichkeit. Entw. Max (Georg) Rossmann, 1889 nach der Marmorskulptur "Die Zeit entführt die Schönheit" (auch betitelt als "Boreas entführt Oreithyia") von Pietro Balestri (Balestra). Modell-Nr. O 144. Minim. best./ ber.; Eingepresste Schwertermarke im Dreieck. H. 51 cm.
Der italienische Bildhauer Pietro Balestri (Balestra), auch genannt Pietruccio, gehörte der Schule Berninis an. Nach langjähriger Tätigkeit für Königin Christina von Schweden, verschlug es ihn nach Dresden. Unter der Regentschaft von August dem Starken schuf er einige Marmorskulpturen nach antikem Vorbild, die zunächst im Garten des Japanischen Palais aufgestellt waren und später in den Großen Garten des barocken Dresdner Palais umgesetzt wurden. Die Mehrzahl der in Dresden geschaffenen Skulpturen Balestras gingen während des Siebenjährigen Krieges verloren. Maximilian Georg Rossmann (1861 Vohenstrauß/Oberpfalz - 1926 Amorbach/Unterfranken) schuf neben dieser Gruppe zudem die "Allegorie der Wachsamkeit" (Modell-Nr. O 169) zur Ausformung in Porzellan nach einem Modell von Lorenzo Mattielli.
Vgl. Thieme-Becker, II, S. 408f. und XXIX, S. 78.
Provenienz: aus der über Generationen gewachsenen Sammlung Michahelles, Hamburg.
A large rare biscuit porcelain figure group "The rape of the Youth" modelled by M. Rossmann after P. Balestra. Minor chipped. Rubbed. Crossed swords mark.
Meissen. Ende 19. Jh.
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