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Figure of Pantaloon
German
about 1754
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions
Height: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.878
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionAs an old man, striding, his left foot forward, his left hand tucked under his cloak and his right supporting his beard, in black cap over iron-red skull-cap, puce suite with purple flowers and gilt braiding.
ProvenanceHermann Bénédict Hayum Goldschmidt (b. 1831 - d. 1886) and Ottilie Przibram Goldschmidt (b. 1843 - d. 1923), Brussels; June 16-19, 1924, Goldschmidt-Przibram sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, lot 357. Otto 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 176a, 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)