A Berlin (K.P.M) porcelain rectangular plaque, The Garden of Love, late 19th century

after the painting by Peter Paul Rubens, with a group of figures sat in an idyllic garden at the foot of a fountain, signed A. Götze., impressed sceptre and K.P.M. mark, impressed letter F, with a red velvet lined gilt-wood frame,

There is a layer of spray to the front surface of the plaque. Because of this it is difficult to determine true extent of damage when viewed under a UV light. There is a slight curvature to the plaque when viewed in the frame and is likely to have been repaired.
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The painting produced by Rubens in about 1633 is now in the collection of the Prado Museum, Madrid. The work was first listed in 1666 when it was hung in the Royal Palace of Madrid, in the Spanish king's bedroom. In early inventories the painting was called The Garden Party. It has been long discussed that the scene shows member's of the artist's own family, and that the couple on the left could be the artist himself and his second wife Hélène Fourment.