Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 17
A Doccia figure of Pantalone, circa 1760
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,375 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Doccia figure of Pantalone, circa 1760
Based on the engravings by Jaques Callot, standing in contrapposto, wearing a red jacket and breeches, black cape and cloak, his right hand on his cape, standing on a green marbled base, 11cm high (restored)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's King Street, 28 November 1977, lot 26.
The figure is based on the engravings of the Commedia dell'Arte by Jacques Callot, published in Florence in 1618-19. A similar figure is in the Museo Gianetti and is illustrated on the cover of their catalogue, Porcellane italiane, europee e orientali. Ceramiche della Collezione Gianetti (2000).
Other Doccia Italian Comedy figures on square and marbled bases, including another version of Pantalone, are in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto; see Chilton 2001, nos. 136-138. Two other figures, of Capitano and Colombina, are published by Alessandro Biancalana, I pittori della Manifattura di Doccia dal 1740 al 1784, in Quaderno degli Amici di Doccia I (2007), p. 48.
