Urania, H 28,5 cm

The liaison between Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, produced nine daughters, the Muses. As the protectresses of the arts and sciences, they aid human beings as long as they are deemed worthy. This elegant lady here bears the mysterious name Urania, the heavenly. As the Muse of astronomy, she illustrates to mortals the harmony of heaven. To symbolise this, she carries a globe in her left hand, while pointing the way with her right. Thus the divine rules the arts, and the artist in turn produces its divine form anew: as Urania in the most delicate Meissen biscuit porcelain, which in its noble, matte gleam imitates antique marble. Modelled on classical predecessors, it is ascribed to Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer.