a large Berlin (KPM) porcelain painted plaque of the penitent Magdalena late 19/early 20th century

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

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Description

height 12 in.; width 15 1/8 in.
30.5 cm; 38.5 cm

painted by Heyn and signed lower right, impressed KPM beneath a spectre and large script letters D. C in black ink on the reverse. Set within an antique carved giltwood frame.

Catalogue Note

This plaque was painted after Pompeo Girolamo Batoni's (1708-1787) original masterpiece, circa 1742, which hung in the Staatliche museum, Gemaldegalerie Dresden until it was destroyed in World War II.