Horse and Rider Aquamanile
19th–20th century
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueLatten (horse: 90.5% copper, 4.7% tin, 3% zinc, 1.8% lead; rider: 88.3% copper, 6.2% tin, 3.2% zinc, 2.3% lead)
Dimensions33.6 x 37.8 x 11.8 cm (13 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineCentennial gift of Mrs. Eugene L. Garbáty
Accession number69.1097
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1928, art market, Germany [see note 1]. Wolfgang Krueger, Berlin [see note 2]; by 1938, sold by Krueger to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Garbáty, Schloss Alt-Döbern, Niederlausitz (Germany), New York, and East Norwalk, CT; 1969, gift of Mrs. Garbáty to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 23, 1969)
NOTES:
[1] See Otto von Falke, "Reiter-Aquamanilien. I," Pantheon 1 (1928): 252, ill. no. 10, p. 250. [2] Whether Krueger was the dealer who owned the object in 1928 is not certain; Garbáty attested that he acquired it from Krueger, who said that it came from the collection of a south German family. It was in the Garbáty collection by May, 1938, when Georg Swarzenski wrote to them about it. Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him.
NOTES:
[1] See Otto von Falke, "Reiter-Aquamanilien. I," Pantheon 1 (1928): 252, ill. no. 10, p. 250. [2] Whether Krueger was the dealer who owned the object in 1928 is not certain; Garbáty attested that he acquired it from Krueger, who said that it came from the collection of a south German family. It was in the Garbáty collection by May, 1938, when Georg Swarzenski wrote to them about it. Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, bringing much of his art collection with him.
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