Modeled holding a flower to his nose, from a set of the four Seasons
7 in. (17.9 cm.) high

Acquired from Delomosne & Son, London, 1949.

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, vol. IV, 1992, p. 43, no. 17.

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I have always found this Limbach figure quite whimsical and amusing. It was produced in a factory with which I had not been familiar, and, indeed, this is the only Limbach figure in our collection.
D.R.

A similar Limbach figure of Spring is in the collection of the Ashmoleon Museum, Oxford (museum no. WA1967.28.13).