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Gallery of Meissen Animals: Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden
Samuel Wittwer
Gallery of Meissen Animals: Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden
Samuel Wittwer
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.
360 pages, 220 illustrations, 185 in colour
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 19, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9783777427959 |
Publishers | Hirmer Verlag |
Pages | 360 |
Dimensions | 252 × 294 × 35 mm · 2.33 kg |