A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR FRAMED PLAQUE DEPICTING THE ALTENBURG PRINCE ROBBERY

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR FRAMED PLAQUE DEPICTING THE ALTENBURG PRINCE ROBBERY
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Finely painted by J. Forster, the Knight and an attendant taking the two young princes from the palace, their mother protecting two younger siblings at her feet, their nurse distraught behind, in giltwood canted frame, minute flaking to enamels, minor losses to frame
18½ x 22¾ in. (47 x 57.7 cm.) excluding frame

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Lot Essay

This scene captures the dramatic moment of the Altenburg Prince Robbery in which the knight, Kunz of Kauffungen, kidnapped the 14 and 11 year old Princes Ernst and Albrecht on the 7th July 1455. The kidnapping was ordered by Frederick II, to compensate for his loss of land. On 13th July 1455, just days after the kidnapping, the Princes managed a daring escape and the Knight was caught and sentenced to death. The princes later became the founders of the German States of Thuringia and Saxony.

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