Simon Feilner
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Simon Feilner (1726-1798) was a German porcelain modeler who worked at the Fürstenberg porcelain factory. He created portrait busts, figures, and decorative objects in porcelain, contributing to the rich tradition of German porcelain sculpture during its 18th-century golden age.
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About Simon Feilner
Feilner modeled porcelain figures and busts at the Fürstenberg factory. His work contributed to the golden age of German porcelain sculpture in the 18th century.
His porcelain figure Columbine (1749) is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.
The figure depicts Columbine, a stock character from Italian Commedia dell'arte, a popular subject for 18th-century European porcelain modelers.
Feilner modeled porcelain at the Fürstenberg factory in Germany, contributing to the country's 18th-century porcelain sculpture tradition.
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