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Figure of Pantaloon
Made by: Capodimonte Manufactory (Italian (near Naples))
Modeled by: Giuseppe Gricci (Italian, about 1700–1770)
Modeled by: Giuseppe Gricci (Italian, about 1700–1770)
Italian
about 1745
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.962
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionStanding on a white base, bending forward, head turned to the upper left, looking over his left shoulder, his right hand on his hip, his left hand hidden behind him under his long black cloak which falls to the ground, a black half-mask hiding his face under a black cap, grinning red mouth, gray pointed beard, brick-red jacket, breeches and stockings, black shoes, gilt belt with white handkerchief tucked in on right side, a dagger in a gilt sheath on his left.
ProvenanceOtto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York [see note]. By 1993, 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)
NOTE: See Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm (Munich, 1953), p. 283, no. 414, pl. 112.
NOTE: See Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm (Munich, 1953), p. 283, no. 414, pl. 112.