Figure of Bagolin
Fürstenberg Manufactory
(Germany)
Simon Feilner
(1726–1798)
about 1754
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniquePorcelain, colored enamels, gilding
DimensionsHeight: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.882
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1916, art market, Frankfurt [see note 1]. Max von Bleichert (b. 1875 - d. 1947), Leipzig; December 8-10, 1931, Bleichert sale, Lepke, Berlin, lot 693 [see note 2]. Otto Blohm (b. 1870 - d. 1944) and Magdalena Blohm (b. 1879 - d. 1950), Hamburg, Caracas, and New York; July 4, 1960, Blohm sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 176e, probably 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)
NOTES:
[1] C. Scherer, "Die Fürstenberger Komödianten Simon Feilners," Cicerone 25 (1923), p. 73, fig. 8. [2] Described as a figure of Mezzetin.
NOTES:
[1] C. Scherer, "Die Fürstenberger Komödianten Simon Feilners," Cicerone 25 (1923), p. 73, fig. 8. [2] Described as a figure of Mezzetin.
