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The Rabbit Catchers
Made by: Capodimonte Manufactory (Italian (near Naples))
Modeled by: Giuseppe Gricci (Italian, about 1700–1770)
Modeled by: Giuseppe Gricci (Italian, about 1700–1770)
Italian (Capodimonte)
about 1750
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger, William Francis Warden Fund, and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number2002.122
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionA group of two figures catching rabbits; a kneeling man catching a rabbit by the neck and holding an empty bag in his left hand, a ferret disappearing into the burrow, his female companion standing over him holding their catch in her right hand, with blue hat, puce-flowered coat over pale lilac skirt, and jacket with colored flowers and pale yellow trousers on a grassy mound base.
Provenance1968, Ronald Dolleymore, Esq; March 25, 1968, Dolleymore and others sale, Christie's, London, lot 176, sold to Winifred Williams, London (dealer) for $22,680. Ernesto F. Blohm (b. 1903 - d. 1970); April 10, 1989, posthumous Blohm sale, Christie's, London, lot 87, sold to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2002, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2002)