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Figure of Bagolin
German
about 1754
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.882
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionIn walking attitude, playing a lute wearing a white cap with purple stripes, white ruff, purple and white striped jacket and trousers and gray and mauve cloak.
Provenance1916, art market, Frankfurt [see note 1]. Max von Bleichert (b. 1875 - d. 1947), Leipzig; December 8-10, 1931, Bleichert sale, Lepke, Berlin, lot 693 [see note 2]. Otto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; July 4, 1960, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 176e, 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. 73, fig. 8. [2] Described as a figure of Mezzetin.
NOTES:
[1] C. Scherer, "Die Fürstenberger Komödianten Simon Feilners," Cicerone 25 (1923), p. 73, fig. 8. [2] Described as a figure of Mezzetin.