a german painted porcelain plaque of Nydia late 19/early 20th century

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

the plaque height 5 3/4 in.; width 4 in.
14.5 cm; 10 cm

finely painted with a classically draped beauty, impressed number 107 and paper label KUNSTINSTITUT FUR PORZELLAN-MALEREI/MERKEL-HEINE, WIESBADEN on the reverse. Set within a carved giltwood frame.

Catalogue Note

Painted after Baron Cuno von Bodenhausen, German (b. 1852) and based on Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Nydia from The Last Days of Pompeii. It is possible that Nydia is depicted here before the "House of the Tragic Poet", Pompeii.