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Figure of Pantaloone
German
about 1754
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.879
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionDisguised as a man, with left foot forward, her hands behind her back, in flowing cloak with purple rosettes over green bodice and black breeches, her gray hair under purple cap with brown border
Marks
incised mark
ProvenanceBy 1923, Otto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York [see note 1]; July 4, 1960, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 176b, probably to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] C. Scherer, "Die Fürstenberger Komödianten Simon Feilners," Cicerone 25 (1923), p. 66, fig. 5.
NOTES:
[1] C. Scherer, "Die Fürstenberger Komödianten Simon Feilners," Cicerone 25 (1923), p. 66, fig. 5.