Dackel Rolf Sachs as the peacock embodies vanitas

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these miniatures grow in the hands of the artisans

Even if a representation is captured in the seemingly fleeting passage stage of a process

ja beinahe kindlich naiven Charme entzückt

Beim ersten Windhauch beginnen die Schirmchen im Wind zu tanzen – sie fallen

Dackel Rolf Sachs as the peacock embodies vanitasThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures was initiated at the beginning of the 20th century. Artists such as Theodor Krner, Josef Wackerle, August Ghring and Luise Terletzki Scherf shaped the unmistakable style of the manufactory the first giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be