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Group of Harlequin and Colombine
Made by: Capodimonte Manufactory (Italian (near Naples))
Modeled by: Giuseppe Gricci (Italian, about 1700–1770)
Modeled by: Giuseppe Gricci (Italian, about 1700–1770)
Italian
about 1750
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Height: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.929
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionHarlequin in brown mask, puce lozenge-patterned white jacket and trousers with gilt buttons and belt and cream shoes, a dagger at his waist, perched on the edge of a rock gently grabbing Columbine's hat, Columbine with her right arm resting on Harlequin's shoulder and her left hand holding her hat, in black mask, gilt choker, white bodice edged in purple and white skirt, the hem with a band of gilt scrollwork and black shoe with gilt bow, with one knee resting on rockwork, all raised on a rockwork base
ProvenanceAnonymous. October 7, 1996, sale, Christie's, London, lot 256 (GBP 205,000). Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York