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Figure of Bagolin

Made by: Höchst Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Johann Christoph Ludwig von Lücke (German, about 1703–1780)
German
about 1752
Object Place: Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions Height: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.866
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionStanding, his left foot forward, playing his lute, his head slightly turned to the left, his hat, cloak and suit striped and lined in iron-red.
Marks Iron-red wheel mark, PI incised
ProvenanceOtto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; 1949, sold by Mrs. Blohm 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)