159. A Meissen figure of Scapin from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745 Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a red jacket, white trousers and white cloak, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 13.8cm high Provenance With Lukacs-Donath, Rome (paper label to underside) After the engraving "Habit de Scapin" by Jouillain in Riccoboni's Histoire du Théâtre Italien. The figure is mentioned in Reinicke's work notes for July 1744: '1. Scapin, 7 zoll hoch, zur Italienischer Comödie, in Thon bossirt' [1 Scapin, 7 zoll high, for the Italian Comedy, modelled in clay]; see M. Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, 2001, p.308, no.101. Further examples were sold by Bonhams London, 3 December 2008, lot 227; and 13 May 2009, lot 124.