id:			126365
accession number:	1948.54
share license status:	CC0
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Figure of Pantalone, c. 1755. Mennecy Factory (French), Mennecy- Villeroy Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; overall: 20 x 7 x 9.9 cm (7 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. 1948.54

title:				Figure of Pantalone
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1755
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1765
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.
copyright:			

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culture:	France, Mennecy, 18th century
technique:	soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Mennecy Factory (French)  - manufacturer
Founded in Paris in 1734, it was transferred to Mennecy in 1748 and to Bourg-la-Reine in 1773. After 1753 it was much restricted by laws imposed to protect the Vincennes factory. Only soft-paste porcelain was made.
* Mennecy- Villeroy Factory (French)  - manufacturer
Duc de Villeroy was the sponsor of this factory. Established c. 1749
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measurements: Overall: 20 x 7 x 9.9 cm (7 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Mennecy-Villeroy factory mark, incised on bottom:  "DV"
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Artist and the Theater
	opening date:   1960-04-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Artist and the Theater</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-September 12, 1960).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen S. "Mennecy-Villeroy Italian Comedy Figure--Pantalone." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 35 (1948).
	page number: 	p. 209-210
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	Foote, Helen S. "Soft-Paste Porcelain of France." <em>The Art Quarterly </em>XI (Autumn 1948).
	page number: 	p. 337, 344-45; fig. 1
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	Chilton, Meredith, and Domenico Pietropaolo. <em>Harlequin Unmasked: The Commedia Dell'arte and Porcelain Sculpture</em>. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
	page number: 	p. 50-55, 106-109, 282
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