The Meissen Apostles

The twelve antique statues of the Twelve Apostles that are pictured are replicas of the colossal marble statues in the Archbasilica of the Lateran in Rome. In 1775, sculptor Johann Joachim Kandler produced these copies in exquisite porcelain at the world-famous procelain factory in Meissen, Germany.

The Meissen Apostles may be seen to the right of the mantle in the Music Room at the Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. The pieces are from several different sets made for the Empresses Amalia and Maria Theresa of the Austrian Hapsburgs.

Top row from left to right: Bartholomew, James the brother of John, Matthew, John, James the son of Alphaeus, and Peter.

Bottom row from left to right: Thomas, Simon the Cananaean, Paul, Andrew, Thaddeus, and Philip.

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Note: The picture (above) was designed by Mark Misenheimer of Misenheimer Creative, http://www.misenheimer.com