Princess Marie-Zephirine de Bourbon
Modeler
Johann Joachim Kändler
(German, 1706 - 1775)
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded in 1710)
Dateca. 1755
MediumHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (24.77 × 10.8 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-20
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DescriptionBust of a young girl with head turned slightly to the left, wearing a white bonnet decorated with flowers on the left side.ProvenancePossibly Georg Herbert Fürst zu Münster von Derneburg (1820-1902), Hanover [1];
With A. S. Drey, New York, by September 1935;
Purchased from A. S. Drey by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] According to a note (probably from A. S. Drey) in the NAMA Registration file, this object was previously in the collection of “Prince Muenster, Hannover.” This may refer to Count Georg Herbert zu Münster was named Prince Münster of Derneburg in 1899 by Kaiser Wilhelm II in recognition of Münster’s years of service as Hanoverian ambassador to St. Petersburg, London, Paris and The Hague.
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