A large Vienna-style porcelain oval charger 19th century

finely painted in the center, by Herr, signed, with 'Cymon and Ephigenia', after Peter Paul Rubens, within a richly gilt border tooled with scrolling vines and classical motifs, pseudo beehive in underglaze-blue, black script titles.

The charger has not been examined beneath the clasps holding it to be hung. The visible porcelain is in good condition apart from a tiny touch up to the gilding on the border.
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'Cimon und Efigenia' was painted around 1617 by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) in collaboration with Frans Snyders (1579-1657), who painted the still life with apes, and with Jan Wildens (1584-1653), who painted the landscape. The painting is now in Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.