Figure of Il Capitano
Fürstenberg Manufactory
(Germany)
Simon Feilner
(1726–1798)
about 1754
Medium/TechniquePorcelain, colored enamels
DimensionsHeight: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.884
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceSönksen (d. 1926), London and Plön, Germany; October 27, 1927, Rüttgers and Sönksen collections sale, Hugo Helbing, Munich, lot 323. 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 176h, 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)
