Gallery of Meissen Animals
Samuel Wittwer
Hirmer Verlag, 2006
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In 1731, the elector-king Augustus the Strong of Saxony commissioned the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen to create several hundred life-size porcelain birds and other animals to adourn the Japanese Palace in Dresden. By January 1736, 412 birds and 160 quadrupeds had been delivered His Majesty. This book deals with this subject.
- ISBN-13
- 9783777427959
- ISBN-10
- 3777427950
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-06-19
- Pages
- 360
- Dimensions
- 294x252x35
- Weight
- 2334