Mary Magdalene. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, manufacturer (German, active 1710 - present) Modeled by Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer (German, 1752 - 1812) After a painting by Pompeo Batoni (Italian (Lucchese), 1708 - 1787) about 1783–1790 Mary Magdalene is depicted as a repentant sinner reading a book of Holy Scripture that is supported on a skull, a symbol of mortality. This figure and its pendant, John the Baptist (see ), are based on two famous paintings by the Italian artist Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) completed around 1742 that were in the royal collection in Dresden, Germany, near
Mary Magdalene. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, manufacturer (German, active 1710 - present) Modeled by Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer (German, 1752 - 1812) After a painting by Pompeo Batoni (Italian (Lucchese), 1708 - 1787) about 1783–1790 Mary Magdalene is depicted as a repentant sinner reading a book of Holy Scripture that is supported on a skull, a symbol of mortality. This figure and its pendant, John the Baptist (see ), are based on two famous paintings by the Italian artist Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) completed around 1742 that were in the royal collection in Dresden, Germany, near the Meissen porcelain manufactory. There the ceramic artist translated the images into extraordinary three-dimensional forms with skillfully modeled details especially in the rendering of the hair and drapery.
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