February 16, 2023
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6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
This event is free for Gardiner Friends. Please use coupon code: GSLFriend. Membership will be verified upon purchase. Does not apply to Get Acquainted pass holders.
Helen E. Gardiner Lecture
Generously supported by Alan Shimmerman
Speaker: Dr. Vanessa Sigalas, David W. Dangremond Associate Curator for Collections Research, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Dr. Vanessa Sigalas will introduce the people of 18th-century Saxony, Paris, London, and St. Petersburg through the Meissen porcelain sculptures of the Alan Shimmerman Collection. Johann Joachim Kaendler, along with his fellow modellers and painters at Meissen, captured glimpses of everyday life by paying meticulous attention to the smallest details: the carefully arranged tray of a trinket seller, the personal writing of a love letter, the larding tools of a cook preparing a hare. The Shimmerman Collection’s focus on groups of criers and artisans provides a fresh look at the creation, production, and distribution of Meissen porcelain. This lecture is based on the recently published collection catalogue of the same name.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Vanessa Sigalas is the David W. Dangremond Associate Curator for Collections Research at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Her research focuses on European decorative arts, especially German porcelain and ivory. She also serves as the Managing Editor of the
American Ceramic Circle Journal.
