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China (Jingdezhen)
Three-Part Garniture
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, c. 1720; painted in the Netherlands, c. 1725
Porcelain, on-glaze colours; pot with lid H. 67.5 cm, ? 36 cm; vase H. 51.5 cm, ? 22 cm; pot with lid H. 67.5 cm, ? 36 cm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung, inv. nos. PO 3218, PO 3221, PO 3219
Curiosity about faraway places was a driving force in enlightened Europe. New knowledge of foreign peoples, animals and plants was gathered from the numerous voyages undertaken by explorers and documented by the artists and scientists who accompanied them. People in Europe were particularly fascinated by the culture of distant China. In philosophy and literature the exotic land was stylised as the ideal of the enlightened state. In eighteenth-century art, too, it became fashionable to choose chinoise motifs and figures as decorative elements. However, people were also curious to find out more about life much closer to home C in their own region. This encouraged an awareness of their roots, history and homeland culture.
Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789)
The Seaport 1770
Canvas, 114.8 x 163.5 cm
Bayerische Staatsgem.ldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, inv. no. 449
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