Title: Porcelana miśnieńska w zbiorach Zamku Królewskiego na Wawelu
Description: The catalogue is in Polish language, English translation of the title: "Meissen Porcelain in the Collections of Wawel Royal Castle".00Wawel Royal Castle holds more than four hundred pieces of tableware and figures produced in the world-renowned Meissen porcelain manufactory.0Arranged thematically by either subject matter or decorative technique, the works present an overview of the key lines of development of the manufactory founded in 1710 by Augustus II the Strong, king of Poland and elector of Saxony.0The exhibition opens with a Böttger stoneware vessel and several pieces of the earliest porcelain produced at Meissen, which were sent out to be decorated, most often to the goldsmiths of Augsburg. The wares produced in the 1720s and 1730s, and decorated in the painting workshop established at Meissen by Johann Gregorius Höroldt, are especially fine.0Some pieces are decorated with chinoiserie scenes, others with European motifs. Several of the works on view ? hexagonal vases and dishes decorated after Far Eastern originals ? come from Augustus II?s Japanese Palace in Dresden.0Brilliant enamel colors and elegant compositions of decorative motifs characterize Meissen wares painted in the Kakiemon style. Under King Augustus III, the production of porcelain services gained ground. Two of the most celebrated Baroque armorial dinner services, produced for the king?s prime ministers Aleksander Józef Su?kowski and Heinrich von Brühl, are well represented in the exhibition. An exceptional group of objects with a Polish connection, includes cups and saucers from an armorial service presented to Queen Marie Leszczy?ska of France by Augustus III. Vessels from the service of Adam Stanis?aw Götzendorf-Grabowski, prince-bishop of Warmia, also bear heraldic decoration.00Exhibition: Wawel Royal Castle, Cracow, Poland (03.09. - 01.12.2019).
Subjects: Meissen porcelain, Exhibitions, Porcelain, Zamek Królewski na Wawelu-Państwowe Zbiory Sztuki
Places: Poland, Kraków