Figure
ca. 1770-1780 (made)
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Figure in hard-paste porcelain of the Harlequin from The Italian Comedy, painted with enamels and gilded. He is half-seated on a tree-stump, and his right hand is upraised, his left holds a staff. He wears a black mask, low crowned brown hat and a patched costume in red, mauve, green and yellow. Round base marbled with brown.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure in hard-paste porcelain of the Harlequin from The Italian Comedy, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, ca. 1770-1780. |
| Physical description | Figure in hard-paste porcelain of the Harlequin from The Italian Comedy, painted with enamels and gilded. He is half-seated on a tree-stump, and his right hand is upraised, his left holds a staff. He wears a black mask, low crowned brown hat and a patched costume in red, mauve, green and yellow. Round base marbled with brown. |
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| Gallery label | Harlequin from The Italian Comedy
Porcelain
ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); about 1770-1780
Gift of Mr W.A.J. Floersheim
C.179-1931
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr W.A.J. Floersheim |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Commedia dell'arte |
| Bibliographic reference | Jansen, Reinhard (ed.), Commedia dell'arte : Fest der Komödianten : Keramische Kostbarkeiten den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001 |
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| Accession number | C.179-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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