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Figure of a Gentleman
German
About 1765–70
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.915.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOne of a pair. Standing before tree-stumps, in turquoise hat, gilt-flowered bodice with blue border, red and green flowered apron and pink skirt, black hat, green-edged russet jerkin and green and russet striped breeches, the bases with patches of grass-work
ProvenanceOtto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York [see note 1]; April 25, 1961, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 385, probably to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] When it was in the Blohm collection, it was described as "Young Man (Perhaps a Dancer)," perhaps Ludwigsburg Manufactory. Published in Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm (Munich, 1953), p. 200, pl. 79.
NOTES:
[1] When it was in the Blohm collection, it was described as "Young Man (Perhaps a Dancer)," perhaps Ludwigsburg Manufactory. Published in Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm (Munich, 1953), p. 200, pl. 79.