The Gallery of Meissen Animals: Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden

By Samuel Wittwer

In 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 birds and 160 quadrupeds had been delivered His Majesty.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3777427950
• ISBN13: 9783777427959
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 5.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 10.1" x 11.5"