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Figure of Isabella
German (Furstenburg)
about 1754
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
20.32 cm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward M. Pflueger
Accession Number62.1238
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionIsabella, from the Italian Comedy based on prints by Probat and Schübler. Standing on circular base with applied flowers. Red and green hem on white skirt, gilt borders. Neck ruff. Feathers in brown hair restored.
InscriptionsPaper label on underside of base: "142" printed in black ink.
ProvenanceOtto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; July 4, 1960, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 176k, probably to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 1962, gift of Edward M. Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1962)