Gellert–Monument sculpture

Johann Joachim Kändler, Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer, Meissen, Germany, 1775

Partially glazed, painted and gilt porcelain.

H: 28.8 cm

Markings: swords in blue, “E 78”

UMP 7461

The architectural “Gellert-Monument” obelisk commemorating Christian Fürchtegott Gellert is encircled with laurel garlands and decorated with sculptures of a woman in a tunic with a book, a seated Putto, and a relief bust of Gellert in a medallion.