{"id":"cma-131804","titulo":{"en":"Callot Figure","es":"Figura al estilo de Callot"},"titulo_original":"Callot Figure","autor":"Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)","fecha":"c. 1720","cultura":"Germany, Meissen, 18th century","tecnica":"porcelain","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.380","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.380/1954.380_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"Callot Figure","se_ve":"At the centre of the image, against a background that fades from black at the top to soft grey below, stands a small glossy white porcelain figure on a pedestal. The light falls from the front and above, creating bright reflections on the glaze and a faint shadow to the right of the base. The pedestal is low, wide and roughly octagonal, with stepped mouldings and a slightly worn, creamy surface. On it stands an older male figure with a very large head, short legs and a compact body. He wears a soft cap, long hair falling at the sides, a full beard and moustache, a knotted neckcloth, a waistcoat or shirt, baggy breeches and rounded shoes. A long coat hangs open over his shoulders and reaches almost to his feet. His right hand, close to his chest, grips what may be the coat or a staff; his left arm extends slightly outward with the hand loosely closed. His face is deeply modelled: furrowed brow, heavy eyes looking upward, prominent nose and mouth partly hidden by the beard. The modelling is not smooth everywhere; folds, fingers and facial features emerge from small ridges and hollows. The scale feels intimate and fragile, like an object made to be picked up and examined at close range.","contexto":"According to the source, this small figure was made around 1720 at the Meissen porcelain factory in Germany, founded around 1710. It was produced in the slightly yellowish porcelain developed by Böttger and used during the factory's first decade. It belongs to a series adapted from engravings in the manner of Jacques Callot, the 17th-century French printmaker known for grotesque and theatrical characters. It is thought to have been modelled by Georg Fritzsche, employed at Meissen from 1712; that attribution is probable, not certain. The work is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art.","como_mirarla":"Start with the disproportion between the large, furrowed head and the short body, then move down to the small hands and shoes resting on the pedestal. Notice how the open coat frames the figure like a stage curtain: that theatrical framing shifts the reading from a simple portrait toward satire from another era.","dato_curioso":"Meissen, founded in 1710, is widely recognised as Europe's first hard-paste porcelain factory, created after Böttger's experiments to reproduce a material until then imported from Asia.","preguntas":["How does representing this body as a collectible porcelain object change the way we look at it today?","What effect does the theatrical, almost monumental pedestal have on such a small figure?","Can a piece be admired for its technical delicacy while also questioning the caricature it presents?"]},"es":{"titulo":"Figura al estilo de Callot","se_ve":"En el centro de la imagen, sobre un fondo que pasa del negro en la parte alta a un gris suave abajo, se levanta una figurita pequeña de porcelana blanca y brillante, montada sobre un pedestal. La luz llega de frente y desde arriba, deja reflejos intensos sobre el esmalte y proyecta una sombra tenue a la derecha de la base. El pedestal es bajo, ancho y de forma casi octagonal, con molduras escalonadas y una superficie cremosa, con mínimos puntos y desgastes visibles al mirar con calma. Encima está un personaje masculino mayor, de cabeza muy grande, piernas cortas y cuerpo compacto. Lleva una gorra blanda, el pelo largo a los lados, barba y bigote poblados, un pañuelo anudado al cuello, chaleco o camisa, calzón holgado y zapatos redondeados. Un abrigo largo le cuelga abierto desde los hombros y casi le llega a los pies. La mano derecha, pegada al pecho, parece sujetar el abrigo o un bastón; el brazo izquierdo se separa un poco del cuerpo, con la mano entrecerrada. El rostro está muy modelado: frente fruncida, mirada hacia arriba, nariz marcada y boca semiescondida por la barba. La superficie no es totalmente lisa: pliegues, dedos y rasgos surgen entre pequeños relieves y huecos. Todo se percibe íntimo y frágil, como un objeto hecho para tomarse con la mano y observarse de cerca.","contexto":"Según los datos de la fuente, esta figurita se hizo hacia 1720 en la fábrica de porcelana de Meissen, en Alemania, fundada alrededor de 1710. Está realizada en la porcelana ligeramente amarillenta desarrollada por Böttger y usada durante la primera década de la fábrica. Forma parte de una serie adaptada de grabados al estilo de Jacques Callot, grabador francés del siglo XVII conocido por personajes grotescos y teatrales. Se cree que la modeló Georg Fritzsche, empleado en Meissen desde 1712; esa atribución es probable, no segura. La pieza pertenece al Cleveland Museum of Art.","como_mirarla":"Empieza por la desproporción entre la cabeza grande y surcada y el cuerpo corto, y después baja hasta las manos pequeñas y los zapatos sobre el pedestal. Fíjate en cómo el abrigo abierto enmarca la figura como un telón: ese encuadre teatral cambia la lectura y la acerca a una sátira de otra época, no a un retrato sencillo.","dato_curioso":"Meissen, fundada en 1710, es reconocida ampliamente como la primera fábrica europea de porcelana de pasta dura, creada tras los experimentos de Böttger para reproducir un material que hasta entonces se importaba de Asia.","preguntas":["¿Cómo cambia nuestra mirada actual el hecho de que este cuerpo se haya convertido en un objeto coleccionable de porcelana?","¿Qué efecto tiene el pedestal, teatral y casi monumental, sobre una figura tan pequeña?","¿Puede admirarse una pieza por su delicadeza técnica y, al mismo tiempo, cuestionar la caricatura que representa?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["porcelain","meissen","18th century","small sculpture","callot","engraving adaptation","grotesque figure","theatrical character","glazed ceramic","collectible object","satire","fragility"],"es":["porcelana","meissen","siglo xviii","escultura pequeña","callot","adaptación de grabado","figura grotesca","personaje teatral","cerámica vidriada","objeto coleccionable","sátira","fragilidad"]},"objetos":[],"colores":["#f4f1e6","#ddd8c8","#8a8a86","#3a3a3a","#0b0b0b"],"animo":["melancólico","teatral","frágil"],"epoca":"","certeza":"media","advertencias":["representación grotesca y caricaturesca de una persona con enanismo","estereotipo corporal de época"],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"I pause on the surface of this Meissen figurine from around 1720. I see that slightly yellowish Böttger porcelain, creamy, with its glossy glaze and the intense highlights left by the frontal light. The low, almost octagonal pedestal shows stepped moldings and tiny specks of wear that speak of its age and its fragility. Every fold of the coat, every finger and every feature of the beard is modeled in relief, and I think about how delicate it is to preserve these hollows without dust or cracks building up.","es":"Me detengo en la superficie de esta figurita de Meissen, de hacia 1720. Veo esa porcelana ligeramente amarillenta de Böttger, cremosa, con su brillo vidriado y los reflejos intensos que deja la luz frontal. El pedestal bajo y casi octagonal muestra molduras escalonadas y puntitos de desgaste que cuentan su edad y su fragilidad. Cada pliegue del abrigo, cada dedo y cada rasgo de la barba está modelado con relieve, y pienso en lo delicado que es conservar estos huecos sin que se acumulen polvo o fisuras."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"This little figure makes me think about how we look at small things. It stands against a background that fades from black at the top to soft gray below, like an evening sky. Light comes from the front and above, like a focused sun that creates bright spots on the glaze and a faint shadow to the right of the base. The character with a large head and compact body, with an upward gaze and furrowed brow, seems to be watching something distant. I imagine him as a theatrical wise man gazing at the stars from his intimate pedestal.","es":"Esta figurita me hace pensar en cómo miramos lo pequeño. Está sobre un fondo que va del negro arriba al gris suave abajo, como un cielo al anochecer. La luz viene de frente y desde arriba, como un sol puntual que crea brillos en el esmalte y una sombra tenue a la derecha de la base. El personaje de cabeza grande y cuerpo compacto, con la mirada hacia arriba y la frente fruncida, parece observar algo lejano. Lo imagino como un sabio teatral que contempla las estrellas desde su pedestal íntimo."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"He looks like a tiny funny grandpa! He has a huge head, super short legs and a really long coat that almost covers his round shoes. He wears a soft cap, a big beard and a little scarf around his neck. One hand holds his coat and the other looks ready to wave hello. He stands on a little cake-like base with about eight sides. He is so shiny, as if he were wet, and I want to hold him carefully in my hand to see him up close and find all his little folds.","es":"¡Parece un abuelito chiquito y chistoso! Tiene una cabezota enorme, piernas cortitas y un abrigo larguísimo que casi le tapa los zapatos redondos. Lleva gorrita, barba grande y un pañuelito en el cuello. Una mano se agarra el abrigo y la otra está como lista para saludar. Está paradito sobre una base como de pastel de ocho lados. Brilla mucho, como si estuviera mojado, y me dan ganas de tomarlo con cuidado en la mano para verlo cerquita y descubrir todos sus pliegues."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"What shape is the base where the character is standing?","es":"¿De qué forma es la base donde está parado el personaje?"},"pista":{"en":"Look down low, it is short, wide and has several sides with little steps","es":"Mira abajo, es bajita, ancha y tiene varios lados con escaloncitos"}},{"pregunta":{"en":"How many hands can you see on the little porcelain grandpa?","es":"¿Cuántas manos se le ven al abuelito de porcelana?"},"pista":{"en":"One is close to his chest and the other is a bit away from his body","es":"Una está pegadita al pecho y la otra separadita del cuerpo"}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What is the main color of the little shiny figure lit by the light?","es":"¿De qué color principal es la figurita que brilla con la luz?"},"pista":{"en":"It is the color of the shiny porcelain that reflects the front light","es":"Es el color de la porcelana brillante que refleja la luz de frente"}}],"conexiones":["porcelana y cerámica vidriada","Meissen y siglo XVIII","adaptación de grabado al estilo de Callot","figura grotesca y personaje teatral","escultura pequeña y objeto coleccionable","fragilidad y conservación","sátira y humor en el arte","luz y sombra sobre esmalte brillante"]},"salas":[],"escrita_por":"muse-wonder-1.0"}