SculptureSpanish18th-19th century

Saint Peter

1775-1803

Artists

Buen Retiro FactoryArtist

Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryArtist after

Description

St. Peter holds book; ball and chain on the ground to his left, his foot resting on a cuirass..

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

Spanish

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

32.8 x 16.1 x 16.5 cm (12 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger, Gift to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1962. Accessioned in the Busch as 1962.126 Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Pflueger, 1962, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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