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Bust of Peter the Great
Possibly made by: Jan Decker (Dutch, active about 1660–1740)
Dutch (Delft)
dated 1699
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height x width: 29 x 18 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.589
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBust of man with a mustache, wearing a crown, with shoulders draped. Supported on a four-sided, tapered socle, whose front face is decorated with a monogram surmounted by a crown. The left side of the socle bears the date "1699" surmounted by a crown, and the right side is inscribed with initials "MK SB" above a heart and within an oval surmounted by a crown.
Marks
Dated 1699 on side of socle
InscriptionsThree paper labels:
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 084"
"Stodel Collection / DA 206"
and remnants of a printed description, " Petit Buste de souv...la couronne roy..."
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 084"
"Stodel Collection / DA 206"
and remnants of a printed description, " Petit Buste de souv...la couronne roy..."
Provenance1993, sold by Salomon Stodel (dealer), Amsterdam, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012)