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Bust of Peter the Great
Bust of Peter the Great

Bust of Peter the Great

Jan Decker (Dutch, active about 1660–1740)
dated 1699
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware
DimensionsHeight x width: 29 x 18 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineThe G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2012.589
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
InscriptionsThree paper labels: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 084" "Stodel Collection / DA 206" and remnants of a printed description, " Petit Buste de souv...la couronne roy..."Provenance1993, sold by Salomon Stodel (dealer), Amsterdam, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012)


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