Samuel Wittwer
Further books
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special editionSamuel Wittwer
The Gallery of Meissen Animals
Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in DresdenIn 1731, the elector-king Augustus the Strong of Saxony commissioned the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen to create several hundred life-size porcelain birds and other animals to adourn the Japanese Palace in Dresden. By January 1736, 412 ...