Bust

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German Writer and Historian

Royal Prussian Iron Foundries

1810-20

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Large vase of creamware and jasperware constructed of seven pieces plinth base foot body two handles neck the fluted base and square plinth are of blue white brown and beige jasper combined to create a marbled effect then covered with a lead glaze to resemble green malachite the yellow foot has a central blue and white band decorated with a wavescroll pattern the two loop handles are decorated with yellow bands down each side the central handle has a white ground on both sides decorated with stylized green and yellow leaf and berry vines the neck is likewise yellow highlighted with a repeating star pattern on either side is a central reserve of a lighter yellow color and outlined with blue foliate motifs in the middle of each in blue is a tripod urn above two crossed leafy branches the lip with a blue egg and dart pattern the central ovoid body depicts in monochrome blue the scene of Alexander the Great accompanied by his friend Hephaestion entering the tent of the Persian king Darius III after La tente de Darius by Charles Le Brun 1619 90 from the Triumphs of Alexander series painted between 1662 and 1673 now in the Louvre Lessore used as a prototype an engraving by Gérard Edelinck Flemish 1640 1707 which was made to complete the series otherwise engraved by Gérald Audran French 1640 1703 The painting which continues around the body of the vase shows on the reverse a landscape typical of Northern Africa
Draped bust three quarter front the head turned to the left
Bust in profile left beneath bound oak leaves
Bust in profile right