Pietà

Klášterec, Bohemia, design by Ernst Popp?, ca. 1850

Porcelain, bisque.

H: 45.5 cm

Unmarked.

UMP 7200

Collaboration with Ernst Popp, who had been designing figurines for a porcelain maker in Prague since the mid-1840s, proved very fruitful for the Klösterle manufactory. He started designing figurines for Klösterle from the 1850s (no later than 1854) and reportedly enjoyed two longer stays in the town. It was during this period when he created his Four Seasons and Four Elements series. During his stays in Klösterle, he designed several more exclusively bisque figures, busts, and religious sculptures.