Two Opera Singers, 1749–50, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (24.1 x 28.9 x 17.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, After a composition by Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris), This figure group represents two opera singers engaged in a duet. Their identities as singers are reflected as much by their theatrical gestures as by their elaborate costumes. The group has been interpreted as depicting a duet from Acis and Galatea as performed by Madame de Pompadour and the prince de Rohan, an event known to have taken place in the theater of Versailles in 1749
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Two Opera Singers, 1749–50, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, Overall, confirmed, 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 6 7/8, 24.1 28.9 17.5 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, After a composition by Charles Nicolas Cochin II, French, Paris, 1715–1790, figure, group, represents, two, opera, singers, engaged, duet, identities, reflected, theatrical gestures, elaborate costumes, interpreted, depicting, Acis, Galatea, performed, Madame de, Pompadour, prince, Rohan, event, place, theater, Versailles, 1749
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