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Clown Gille (or "The Rat-catcher")
Joseph Willems (Belgian, 1710–1766)
Belgian (Brussels)
dated 1742
Object Place: Europe, The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Terra cotta
Dimensions
43.18 cm (17 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes
Accession Number62.803
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFigure in ruffed and large-buttoned coat seated on block on square plinth. Buckled boots, hat brim broken, holds box with paw of animal. Right corner of plinth mended.
Signed
Signed and dated on back of seat: WILLEMS 1742.
ProvenanceBy 1962, Madame A. S. Ciechanowiecki, London; 1962, sold by Madame Ciechanowiecki to the MFA. (Accession date: September 19, 1962)