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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.49
People
Buen Retiro Factory, Spanish
After Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Title
Saint Peter
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Standing Figure of St. Peter
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
figure, sculpture
Date
1775-1803
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227748

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
32.8 x 16.1 x 16.5 cm (12 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: back of base, dark blue underglaze: [fleur-de-lys design]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger, Gift to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1962. Accessioned in the Busch as 1962.126
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Pflueger, 1962, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward. M. Pflueger
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.49
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
St. Peter holds book; ball and chain on the ground to his left, his foot resting on a cuirass..

Exhibition History

  • Eighteenth Century European Ceramics, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/02/2005 - 06/09/2008

Verification Level

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