page_title: Johann Joachim Kändler
hierarchical_section_title: Johann Joachim Kändler
caption_attribution_description: Porcelain figure of a goat, white, modelled by J. J. Kaendler, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, about 1732. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum no. C.111-1932 (Link)
context_page_description: Johann Joachim Kändler was a German sculptor who became the most important modeller of the Meissen porcelain manufactury, and arguably of all European porcelain. He worked at Meissen for over 40 years, from 1731 until his death in 1775.
  Meissen pieces of all sorts were normally made with moulds, whose designs Kändler mostly created, supervising the production of the moulds, and checking the quality of the many examples cast. He was often not involved with their painting, which can vary between examples.
  In addition to his work as a modeller, Kändler also came to serve in other roles at Meissen. First as chief of sculptural shaping, later as arcanist, he led the state porcelain manufactury through the restless period of the Seven Years' War and kept production going against the odds.
context_section_description: Johann Joachim Kändler (June 15, 1706 – May 18, 1775) was a German sculptor who became the most important modeller of the Meissen porcelain manufactury, and arguably of all European porcelain.  He worked at Meissen for over 40 years, from 1731 until his death in 1775. 
  Meissen pieces of all sorts were normally made with moulds, whose designs Kändler mostly created, supervising the production of the moulds, and checking the quality of the many examples cast.  He was often not involved with their painting, which can vary between examples. 
  In addition to his work as a modeller, Kändler also came to serve in other roles at Meissen. First as chief of sculptural shaping, later as arcanist, he led the state porcelain manufactury through the restless period of the Seven Years' War and kept production going against the odds.
caption: Goat, one of the large animal figures for the Japanese Palace in Dresden
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