19th Century Art Nouveau Ceramic Sculpture Depicting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a Child by Perigot for Goldscheider, Austria, 1890s for sale at Pamono

Description

Item :
Beautiful polychrome and vitrified ceramic sculpture, depicting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a child, famous composer of the 1700s, created by the important Austrian manufacturer Goldscheider, signed and numbered on the back. The artist’s incised signature, “Perigot”, is also present on the base. The sculpture was created in full Liberty – Art Noveau style, and can be dated between the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. The polychromy is very bright, note the beauty of the bodice entirely decorated by hand with floral decorations, the rich vitrification is very brilliant and the extremely expressive pose of the depicted subject is particularly beautiful, intent on reading the newly written music.

Information on the artist and/or manufacturer:
The Austrian Goldscheider manufactory was founded in 1885 by the famous entrepreneur and artist Friedrich Goldscheider, and remained active until 1954. This manufactory is considered one of the most important European manufactories in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it benefited from the collaboration of numerous and important artists in almost 70 years of activity (such as Lorenzl, Dakon, Knorlein, Meisinger, Goebel, Cherc, Ros and Perigot).