Two lovers 1755 - 1765

This porcelain sculpture of two lovers was crafted by the Frankenthal Porcelain Manufactory. Note the elegant vase crowning the figures, a symbol of abundance and celebration, often seen in classical depictions of idyllic love. The woman strums a stringed instrument; music and love have long been intertwined in the human psyche. We can recall the troubadours of medieval times, weaving tales of romance through song. The man reclines, attentive, with a sheet of music beside him. The presence of the music, a common feature in art history, goes back to antiquity, as a symbol for harmony, both emotional and societal. The lovers, frozen in porcelain, invoke a sense of idealized courtship. This image of a vase, music and lovers, speaks to our enduring fascination with love's intoxicating power, a motif endlessly revisited and reinterpreted across epochs, echoing through our collective memory.