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It was modelled after a Johann Kaendler figure of 1758. Kaendler was the talented sculptor who worked for Meissen specialising in figures, groups, and wonderfully modelled  wreaths of flowers, clusters of fruit and swinging Cupids, executed in the round.\r\n\r\nKaendler (1706-1775) modelled this figure after an etching by Jacques Callot (1592-1635) from a series of prints entitled <i>Balli di Sfessania</i>, c.1622,  showing dances known as the 'sfessania', characterised by violent contortions and gesticulations.  Callot's etching depicts the Commedia dell'Arte characters Razullo and Cucurucu in the foreground with a performance on stage behind them. Razullo plays on a long-necked stringed instrument while Cucurucu dances.  The museum owns the pair to this figure, that of Cucurucu (S.886-1981).","physicalDescription":"Figurine of a man dressed in a purple body suit with pale yelllow cuffs and a row of large moulded buttons down the front, and red shoes. He is wearing a half mask with an exaggerated red nose. He leans back against a tree stump, looking up and  to his left, and plays a long-necked stringed instrument, plucking the strings with his left hand. 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