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How the sculptor Johann Joachim Kändler made porcelain an object of desire across 18th-century Europe.

The so-called golden age of Meissen, Europe’s first producer of porcelain, is closely associated with two names: Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733)...

The first part of the illustrious collection of 18th-century Meissen porcelain sculptures, previously owned by the late German businessman and passionate collector Hadrian Merkle, was auctioned yesterday, April 17, 2024, at Bonhams in Paris.

Why talk about sculpture and the decorative arts together? A number of scholars, such as Penelope Curtis, Martina Droth, and Claire Jones...

In the late 1750s a Parisian publisher brought out a luxury edition of Jean de La Fontaine’s fables, with engravings based on drawings by the great animal painter Jean-Baptiste Oudry.

Augustus II, elector of Saxony (1670–1733), was obsessed with porcelain. Europeans had been fascinated by the lightweight white porcelain Marco Polo brought back from China in 1295, but no one had been able to reproduce a suitable paste.

The most original thing about the V&A's blockbuster, Baroque: 1620-1800, is its willingness to address aspects of the style that modern audiences may