Lot 328
  • 328

A porcelain plaque, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, period of Nicholas I, (1825-1855) dated 1841

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • 31 by 22.5cm., 12ΒΌ by 9in
with a finely painted copy of Old Woman Unreeling Threads, by Gerard Dou, 1660-1665, signed l.r. Semenov and dated 1841, with blue Imperial cypher for Nicholas I 

Catalogue Note

The original painting used to be in the collection of Count Cobenzl in Brussels.  In 1768 it entered the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.