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Figure of Scaramouche
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 porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.868
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionIn vigorous running attitude, holding three letters and a blue bag, a black cap and black cloak and suit edged in iron-red.
Marks
Incised IG and a Gothic letter
Provenance1910, Carl Jourdan, Frankfurt; October 18-20, 1910, Jourdan sale, Lepke, Berlin, lot 289, sold for M 4100. Otto 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)