Donna Martina
Nymphenburg Manufactory
(Germany)
Franz Anton Bustelli
(1723–1763)
1754
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 20.3 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm (8 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger
Accession number65.1731
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Bustelli is most famous for the sixteen figures from the commedia dell' arte which he modeled at Nymphenburg about 1759. The commedia dell' arte, a form of improvisational theater popular throughout eighteenth-century Europe, featured stock characters, such as Donna Martina, wife of the self-important Doctor.
ProvenanceBy 1965, Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1906 - d. 1997), New York; 1965, gift of Edward M. Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1966)
