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Bust of Sophie Amalie Caroline Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen
Made by: Kloster-Veilsdorf Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Doell (German, 1750–1816)
Modeled by: Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Doell (German, 1750–1816)
German
about 1770
Object Place: Kloster-Veilsdorf, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 11.5 x 11.5 cm (12 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.921.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionModeled to the left on white marble socle base.
ProvenanceAbout 1770, probably Ludwig Friedrich Carl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen (b. 1723 – d. 1805) and Sophie Amalie Caroline, Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen (b. 1732 – d. 1799), Oehringen, Germany; possibly by descent within the family [see note 1]; October 5, 1995, Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden-Baden sale, Sotheby & Co., Munich, lot 801, to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] The busts were in the collections at Grossherzogliches Residenzschloss in Karlsruhe, Germany (Koelitz inventory no. 2479, taken in 1883) and the Neues Schloss in Baden-Baden, Germany (Richter inventory no. 2194, taken in 1919).
NOTES:
[1] The busts were in the collections at Grossherzogliches Residenzschloss in Karlsruhe, Germany (Koelitz inventory no. 2479, taken in 1883) and the Neues Schloss in Baden-Baden, Germany (Richter inventory no. 2194, taken in 1919).