A FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' PLATE

CIRCA 1755

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A FAMILLE ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' PLATE
circa 1755
The centre enamelled with a large roundel enclosing a young man teasing a reclining maiden on a garden terrace, with a servant looking out of a window above and two spires of a church in the background, all within a spearhead band at the well and a gilt shell-scroll band at the border
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The design on this plate is copying an engraving by Larmessin, after Lancret. The scene depicts La Servante justifie, from a fable by de la Fontaine, directly inspired by a story written by the Queen of Navarre. See F. and N. Hervout and Yves Bruneau, op.cit., 1986, colour plate 9.10 where a very similar plate is illustrated.

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