Group of peasants

Capodimonte

Summary

Public: Figure group of peasants, soft paste porcelain, woman, man and child painted in enamel colours. Private: Figure group of peasants, soft paste porcelain. Heavily restored in plaster. Three figures on a rocky base; a woman stands with her arm around the shoulder of a seated man, a bowl of food and a large jug beside him. At his feet, a young child reaches into a jar. The base has a central hole on the underside. Painted in green, yellow, white, red puce and brown enamel colours. (The woman's right foot, the man's head and left foot, and large parts of the base restored in palster and painted in unfired colours)