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

Bing & Grøndahl - Mother with girl,
1850 - 1880,
Historicism
Rare figure manufactured between 1850 and 1880.
Design: Thorvaldsen.
Stamped with B&G.
Dimensions: 18 cm x 12 cm.
Solid porcelain, not hollow.
Weight 1.1 kg.

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of Neoclassicism. He spent most of his life active in Rome, which is evident, among other things, at the Piazza Thorvaldsen on the north edge of the Villa Borghese. Many of his works are housed 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 on Vesterbrogade, just outside the gates of Copenhagen. The porcelain mark for B & G later showed 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 emerged under the common new name Royal Copenhagen. Bing & Grøndahl porcelain is still sought after today, not only among collectors.