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Clown Gille (or "The Rat-catcher")
Clown Gille (or "The Rat-catcher")

Clown Gille (or "The Rat-catcher")

Joseph Willems (Belgian, 1710–1766)
dated 1742
Object PlaceThe Netherlands
Medium/TechniqueTerra cotta
Dimensions43.18 cm (17 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes
Accession number62.803
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1962, Madame A. S. Ciechanowiecki, London; 1962, sold by Madame Ciechanowiecki to the MFA. (Accession date: September 19, 1962)
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