Lot 709
  • 709

A BERLIN (K.P.M) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, CHARLES I OF ENGLAND, 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • the plaque approximately 39.3cm., 15 1/2 in. x 34.2cm., 13 1/2 in., overall 62cm., 24 3/8 in. x 55cm., 21 5/8 in.
after the painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, wearing the order of the garter, signed F. Lapf./ Dresden, impressed sceptre over KPM mark, letter H, incised numerals 15-13, retailer's stamp mark in iron-red ERNST ARNOLD/ Kunst-Handlung/ DRESDEN/ Schloss strasße(?) Ecke der Sporergasse, with contemporary gilt-wood frame, 

Provenance

With Ernst Arnold Kunst-handlung, Dresden (stamp mark.)

Condition

The plaque is in good condition and appearance. The frame with some minior losses as seen in the catalogue illustration.
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Catalogue Note

After the painting dated 1637, now in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden which had been in the private collection of August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (published by S. Barnes et al., Van Dyck, Yale University 2004, p. 475, cat. no. IV.58.)