A Flutist
Former TitleFigure of a Flutist
Artist
Derby Porcelain Manufactory
(English, ca. 1750 - 1848)
Date1765-1769
MediumSoft-paste porcelain; enameled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 6 × 4 1/2 inches (22.86 × 15.24 × 11.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William H. Chapman
Object number35-421 A
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DescriptionBoy dressed in a wide-brimmed black hat, a blue coat lined with orange, a flowered waistcoat and knee-breeches, plays on a flute; he stands in front of a bosky arbor, and at his left sits a small brown and white dog.Exhibition HistoryLuxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13 2022–August 12 2024, no cat.
With Douglas R. Bird, Silversmith and Antique Dealer, Bath, England, by August 6, 1932;
Purchased from Bird by Mrs. William H. Chapman (née Margaret Cameron Mann, 1965-1935), Kansas City, MO, August 6, 1932-1935 [1];
Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] Douglas R. Bird invoice, Nelson-Atkins Registration file.
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