Franz Anton Bustelli was a Swiss-born German modeller for the Bavarian Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory from 1754 to his death in 1763. He is widely regarded as the finest modeller of porcelain in the Rococo style: "if the art of European porcelain finds its most perfect expression in the rococo style, so the style finds its most perfect expression in the work of Bustelli".
The Sleeper Disturbed, Nymphenburg, 24 cm high; the integration of decorative scroll-work into the composition is characteristic.
Another Bustelli group, The Tempestuous Lovers, 1760, 14.4 cm high. See note for the same group in plain white, from another view.
Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
The Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory is located at the Nördliches Schloßrondell in one of the Cavalier Houses in front of the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany, and since its establishment in 1747 has produced porcelain of high quality. It is one of the last porcelain producers in the world where every single part is made entirely by hand.
Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
Nymphenburg: Pair of small table vases, probably by J. Häringer, c. 1760
Nymphenburg porcelain tableware, c. 1760–1765
The cavalier house on the grand circle in front of Nymphenburg Palace, production site since 1761
