26. A Meissen porcelain group depicting "The Spanish Lovers", circa 1740-45 A Meissen group of "Spanish Lovers," circa 1740-45 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the lady wearing a yellow hat with feathers and a pink ribbon, an iron-red bodice with turquoise bows, a salmon-pink crinoline dress with gilt and black flower sprigs and a gilt-edged blue underskirt, her companion wearing a purple jacket with green cloak, black breeches and yellow shoes with red ribbons, his yellow hat with a red rosette under his arm, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 19cm high (minor restoration) Exhibited: Hohenberg a.d. Eger, Porzellanikon - Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, 2018-2023. Provenance: Fritz Katz Collection, New York (applied label to base) Based on an engraving by Pierre Filœul after the painting Le baiser donné by Jean-Baptiste Pater of 1736, this group is not mentioned in Kaendler's Taxa or work records but is referred to as the "Spanier Gropgen" [Spanish group] in a specification of figures and groups completed by the Weiße Corps in overtime in January 1740 (quoted in Rainer Rückert, "Zur Staffierung der Gesichter von Meißener Porzellanfiguren," Teil IV, Keramos 153 (July 1996): 156).