The Lovers (c. 1740): Art, History and Details

The Lovers (c. 1740) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710); Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1696–1749).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Though closely related to the style of modeling developed at Meissen by Kaendler, this group was executed by his chief assistant, Eberlein. The intense colors of the figural decorations are characteristic of Meissen production before about 1750.

Object facts

• Title: The Lovers
• Date: c. 1740
• Creator attribution: Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710); Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1696–1749)
• Culture: Germany, Meissen, 18th century
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelain with enamel decoration
• Dimensions: Overall: 15.3 x 15.3 cm (6 x 6 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1950.79

Collection credit

Gift of Judge Irwin Untermyer

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.