Bing & Grondahl - Thorvaldsen - Figure - Mutter mit Knabe - Parian

Bing & Grøndahl - Mother with Boy
1850 - 1880, Historicism
Rare figure manufactured between 1850 & 1880.
Design: Thorvaldsen.
Stamped with B&G.
Dimensions: 21 cm x 15 cm.
Solid porcelain, not hollow.
Weight 1.3 kg.

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of Neoclassicism. He spent most of his life working in Rome, which can be seen, among other things, on the Piazza Thorvaldsen at the north edge of the Villa Borghese. Many of his works are collected in the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen. He is also represented in the Louvre in Paris.

Bing & Grøndahl was a Danish porcelain manufacturer founded in 1853 by Frederik Vilhelm Grøndahl and the brothers Meyer Hermann Bing and Jacob Herman Bing in Vesterbrogade outside the gates of Copenhagen.
The porcelain brand for B & G later featured three towers in reference to Copenhagen’s city coat of arms.
In 1987 the company merged with its largest competitor, the Danish Royal Porcelain Manufactory, and adopted the new joint name Royal Copenhagen. The porcelain from B&G is still in demand today, not only among collectors.