Sleeping Endymion
Doccia Manufactory
(Italy)
Agostino Cornacchini
(Italian (Roman), 1686–1754)
about 1755–65
Place of ManufactureSesto Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy
Medium/TechniqueGlazed hard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 42 x 21 x 19cm (16 9/16 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/2in.)
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund
Accession number2002.319
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenancePossibly a private collection, Lombardy. By 1996, acquired on the art market by Galleria Lukacs & Donath, Rome [see note 1]. By 2001, Giovanni Pratesi, Florence; sold by Giovanni Pratesi to Trinity Fine Art, London; 2002, sold by Trinity Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2002)
NOTES:
[1] The provenance was provided by John Winter of Trinity Fine Art to the MFA (correspondence of July 19, 2002). The work was exhibited at Galleria Lukacs & Donath in 1996 ("Settecento Europeo e Barocco Toscano," November 16-December 7), cat. no. 61.
NOTES:
[1] The provenance was provided by John Winter of Trinity Fine Art to the MFA (correspondence of July 19, 2002). The work was exhibited at Galleria Lukacs & Donath in 1996 ("Settecento Europeo e Barocco Toscano," November 16-December 7), cat. no. 61.
