Portrait Bust of Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick
Fürstenberg Manufactory
(Germany)
Johann Christoph Rombrich
(1731–1794)
about 1758
Object PlaceFürstenberg, Germany
Medium/TechniquePorcelain, polychrome enamels
DimensionsHeight: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.901
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1758-59, probably Carl I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713 - d. 1780) (probably original commission) [see note 1]. November 28, 1975, anonymous sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 132, to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
Carl I was Philippine Charlotte's husband and founder of the Fürstenberg Porcelain Company (1747).
NOTES:
Carl I was Philippine Charlotte's husband and founder of the Fürstenberg Porcelain Company (1747).
