A LARGE BERLIN (KPM) PORCELAIN PLAQUE DEPICTING HAGAR AND ISHMAEL BANISHED FROM THE HOUSE OF ABRAHAM, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

after a painting by Adriaen Van der Werff, signed Fo. Zapt/ Dresden and impressed to verso KPM with sceptre mark and 16

Barbara Gaehtgens, Adrian Van der Werff,  Germany, 1987, pp. 272-273, for the identification original painting by Adriaen Van der Werff (1659-1722), now in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.

In generally good overall condition. Some rubbing to the extreme edges of the plaque where it sat within a frame. Color is consistent with catalogue illustration. There are a few fine scratches to Hagar's leg, a 1 1/2 in. scratch across the lower right quadrant toward the signature, and a small scratch to Ishmael's left calf all of which are visible in the catalogue illustration.
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Depicting the biblical scene (Genesis 21:9-14) of Abraham banishing his son Ishmael and Hagar at the insistance of his wife Sarah.