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Base of gilded bronze, belonging to The Muse Urania
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Base of gilded bronze, belonging to The Muse Urania

anonymous · c. 1775 - c. 1800 · casting; gild; bronze (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Urania. Porcelain. Meissen, c. 1745 - 1750, the model by Johann Joachim Kändler. This figure belonged to the large ornamental mirror which Augustus III of Saxony presented to his son-in-law, Louis XV of France. The mirror and the console table belonging to it were taken to Paris in 1750 by Kändler himself. Given by the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1964.

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Credit lineVoetstuk van verguld brons, behorend bij De muze Urania. c. 1775 - c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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