
Sophie von der Goltz
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Provenance ((the male figure):
Sir Bernard Eckstein Collection, sold by Sotheby's London, 30 May 1949, lot 198;
With Albert Amor Ltd., London;
A.E. Pearson Collection, sold by Christie's London, 14 November 1960, lot 128;
Fritz Katz Collection, sold by Sotheby's New York, 8 March 1979, lot 89
Not many examples of these models have been recorded. A coloured pair is in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich (illustrated in Katharina Hantschmann/ Alfred Ziffer, Franz Anton Bustelli - Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko (2004), p. 233, nos. 107-109) and another in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum in Zürich. A white pair is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. For a full list of all recorded pieces, see Hantschmann/Ziffer, Bustelli (2004), p.456-457.