A tall, profiled round pedestal, on which the figure of the winged Psyche is mounted as a half-act, sitting on a tree trunk. Covered with an aubergine-colored, gold-contoured cloth. Her right hand resting on a branch, her left leaning on a lyre with a butterfly perched on it. Polychrome painting with rich gold decoration. Possibly by Rudolf Hölbe, around 1882-1885. Possibly inscribed "R. Hölbe" with the location "Dresden". Some minor restorations; crossed swords mark. Height 43 cm. The sculptor Rudolf Hölbe (1848-1926) studied between 1868 and 1870 at the academies in Leipzig and Dresden and later became a student of Johannes Schilling. Since 1886, he presented historical, mythological, and genre figures at various German exhibitions. Between 1897 and 1899, the Meissen Manufactory acquired several models, including the "Psyche" and its counterpart "Amor, feeding the nightingales" (model no. N 195). See catalog of the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen, page 64, no. N 196; Jedding, Meissen 19th and 20th centuries, page 150; Thieme-Becker, XVII, 202f. A large porcelain figure of "Psyche". Insignificantly restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Around 1900.