About the Artwork
Figure of a Bootblack
ca. between 1775 and 1780
Paul-Louis Cyfflé
active France 1724-1806
Flemish
Unknown
Terre de lorraine (a type of unglazed earthenware)/terre de pipe
Overall: 8 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (21.3 × 8.9 × 7 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Alger Shelden and Mr. and Mrs. Carsten Tiedeman in memory of Mrs. Josephine Kanzler
54.215
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marks, in red, on back of base: 54.215
Provenance
(Mrs. Marguerite Glover [The Questers], New York, New York, USA)
1954-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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after a model by Paul-Louis Cyfflé, Figure of a Bootblack, ca. between 1775 and 1780, Terre de Lorraine (a type of unglazed earthenware)/Terre de Pipe. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Alger Shelden and Mr. and Mrs. Carsten Tiedeman, 54.215.
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