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 viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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)
Jan Theunis Dextra, proprietor, The Greek A factory
about 1758-64
early 18th century
Zaccharias Dextra, proprietor of De Drie Vergulde Astonnekens factory
around 1725-1750
about 1740