A round, naturalistically designed base with relief waves, overlaid with shield plants and shells. On the shore, seated on a high, fern-covered rock, is a female nude with delicately shaded sea-green fabric covering her modesty, her head turned sharply to the left. Her right arm is outstretched while she covers her chest with her left. Polychrome painting with gold contouring. Possibly by Emmerich Andresen, 1889. Model number O 142b. Unknown restoration. Sword mark. Meissen. End of the 19th century. Height 42 cm. This artwork, titled "Susanna in the Bath," which depicts the moment when the girl is surprised by two older men while bathing, is reinterpreted by Andresen here with an antique-inspired, classically elegant demeanor. Susanna is portrayed in the moment when she notices her observers, turns startled, and covers herself. The sculptor Emmerich Andresen (1843-1902), trained in Hamburg and Dresden by Ernst Gottfried Vivé and Ernst Hähnel, was appointed head of the design department of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory in 1886. He became known primarily for his large-scale bronze and marble sculptures, as well as monuments in Dresden, Meissen, and Tübingen. His mostly allegorical models are characterized by a classical-realist style and exhibit the stylistic features typical of large-scale sculpture. See Jedding, Meissen Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, p. 141; Thieme-Becker, Vol. I, p. 481. A large rare porcelain figure of a female nude "Susanna." Insignificantly restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. End of the 19th century.
