Allegory of Touch

1733-1740 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm) Citation Source image

"The Allegory of Touch" is originally from a series of statuettes representing the personification of the five senses.These statuettes exhibit the masterly sculptural quality of Meissen porcelain between 1733 and 1775 when J. J. Kändler served as a chief modeler.

Artifact

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6559
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King Collection; Jacques Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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