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Figure of Pulchinella
Made by: Frankenthal Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Johann Wilhelm Lanz (German, active in France, 1748–1761)
Modeled by: Johann Wilhelm Lanz (German, active in France, 1748–1761)
German
1755–56
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.1031
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionDancing on a green, white mottled tree-stump base, stroking his beard, wearing a green pointed hat, a gold-bordered lilac tunic with a pattern of purple sprigs, broad white collar, white trousers with red borders, and black shoes with yellow bows.
Marks
Impressed: PH; incised: Z
Provenance1925, Fritz Buckardt, Berlin; December 8-9, 1925, Buckardt sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, lot 12, sold for M 1120. 1927, André Kirchberger, Berlin; November 22, 1927, Kirchberger sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, lot 12. Otto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; April 25, 1961, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 351, 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)