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Figure of a Man playing a Hurdy-Gurdy and a Pilgrim
Marked by: Lambertus van Eenhoorn, proprietor, De Metalen Pot Factory (Dutch, 1651–1721)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1700-1715
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm (6 5/16 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 Number2012.595.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionFigure of a hurdy-gurdy player in blue-green-red costume and blue boots, with a broad-brimmed hat and holding a hurdy-gurdy against his left thigh. Figure of a pilgrim stands with legs crossed while leaning on a green staff. Both figures on triangular pedestals with bulbous feet.
Marks
On figure of pilgrim: conjoined "LVE / 80 / I" in overglaze iron-red.
On figure of hurdy gurdy player: conjoined "LVE / 80" in overglaze iron-red
On figure of hurdy gurdy player: conjoined "LVE / 80" in overglaze iron-red
InscriptionsLabel on figure of pilgrim: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 096"
On hurdy gurdy player: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 098"
On hurdy gurdy player: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 098"
Provenance1980s, sold by Lefebvre et Fils (dealers), Paris, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).