Terms and conditions of use
Winter, from The four seasons
(c. 1760)
- Medium
- porcelain (hard-paste)
- Measurements
- 23.2 × 17.1 × 12.1 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Germany
- Inscription
- painted in blue on base l.l.: (crown) / CC (monogram)
- Accession Number
- 4468-D3
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1940
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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The S and C scrolls of the Rococo here, in this porcelain sculptural group, become architectural form. Behind the pair of rustic musicians, a bust sits atop what, in Classical design, we might expect to be a column; however, here the structure has morphed into scrolling rocaille forms. The same Rococo scrolls spread out to encompass the edges of the figure group, confounding the distinction between architecture and landscape.
