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Figure of Pierrot
Made by: Höchst Manufactory (Germany)
Modeled by: Johann Christoph Ludwig von Lücke (German, about 1703–1780)
Modeled by: Johann Christoph Ludwig von Lücke (German, about 1703–1780)
German
about 1752
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcleain with enamel decoration
Dimensions
Height: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.872
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSinging and dancing, his left foot forward, swinging his arms, in broad-brimmed black hat, his white suit edged in iron-red.
Marks
incised IGE mark
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)