A Figure Group: Beggarwoman with Children
18th century, c. 1750
Meissen
Porcelain
5 1/2 inches (14 cm) in height
Inventory number: MeiFig_0001
Model by P. Reinicke
Fine modeling shows the holes and raggedness of the clothes, but the romanticized rococo makes itself felt. This particular figures refer to an etching of The Beggarwoman with Children from a drawing by Captain Marcellus Laroon (1679 – 1772).