A Pair of Berlin (K.P.M.) Porcelain Rectangular Plaques, 'Commedia Dell'Arte', Circa 1875
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after Jean-Antoine Watteau and Nicolas Lancret, each signed and dated E. Fischer/ 75, impressed sceptre mark over KPM and initial H, incised 9 3/4 - 7 3/8, one with title LE THEATRE ITALIEN. in ink, in giltwood frames
plaque 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.
25 x 19 cm;
framed 14 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.
37.5 x 31.5 cm
The plaque with a night scene is based on the circa 1715-17 painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau, titled The Italian comedy. It owes its title to the 1734 reproduction engraving by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder. Frederick the Great purchased the painting, together with a counterpart, The French Comedy, for his gallery in Sanssouci before 1769. They were later transferred to the new Gemäldegalerie in Berlin in 1829, where they remain today, Ident. No . 470. The other plaque is based on the circa 1725-28 painting by Nicolas Lancret, titled The actors of the Comédie-Italienne, which was bequeathed to the Louvre, Paris, in 1869, inv. no. MI 1073.
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