Gallery of Meissen Animals: Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden - Samuel Wittwer - Libros - Hirmer Verlag - 9783777427959 - 19 de junio de 2006
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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

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

Medios de comunicación Libros     Hardcover Book   (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros)
Publicado 19 de junio de 2006
ISBN13 9783777427959
Editores Hirmer Verlag
Páginas 360
Dimensiones 252 × 294 × 35 mm   ·   2,33 kg

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