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Figure of Winter
Made at: Derby Manufactory, working about 1750-1848 (Derbyshire, England)
Based on: Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1695–1749)
Based on: Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1695–1749)
English
about 1760
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions
Height x width: 21.6 × 11.4 × 9.5 cm (8 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Abby Rockefeller Mauze
Accession Number1977.290
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionDepicted as a standing old man, naked except for a fur-lined robe, with a child at his side chopping wood. After a Meissen original from a series of Four Seasons modeled by Johann Freidrich Eberlein
InscriptionsCollector label on underside: "From Jean [Mauze]. Delomosne. April 23, 1962."
ProvenanceDolomosne, Chippenham, Wiltishire (dealer); ca. 1962, sold to Jean Mauze (b. 1903 - d. 1974), New York; April 1962, gift to Abby Rockefeller Mauze (b. 1903 - d. 1976); 1977, bequest of Abby Rockefeller Mauze to MFA.