Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Modeler Philippe Arnold (French, active 1759 - 1780)

Manufacturer Niderviller Pottery and Porcelain Factory (French, founded 1754)

Dateca. 1759

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (faience)

DimensionsOverall: 5 inches (12.7 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-1367/1

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionStanding peasant woman in striped skirt and checked apron holding musical instrument.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Luxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13 2022–August 12 2024, no cat.

Gallery Label

This figure represents a rustic young woman who made her living playing the hurdy-gurdy, a hand-cranked wind instrument. It was part of a larger series representing the vendors and musicians who animated the streets of Paris.

Provenance

Michiel Onnes (1878-1972), Château de Nijenrode, Breukelen, The Netherlands, by July 4, 1933;

Purchased at his sale, Collection Onnes de Nijenrode du Chateau de Nijenrode, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, July 4-7, 1933, lot 409, by Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, 1933, as Un guitariste;

Purchased from Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

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