A Vienna mythological plate
A Vienna mythological plate

1806, BLUE SHIELD MARK, IMPRESSED DATE CODE 806 AND PRESSNUMMER 35, THE DECORATION LATER

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A Vienna mythological plate
1806, blue shield mark, impressed date code 806 and Pressnummer 35, the decoration later
Painted with Herse and her two sisters scantily clad in richly coloured robes and carrying Minerva's sacred baskets, Herse in a blue bodice and observed by Mercury and Cupid on a cloud above, before distant figures by Minerva's circular temple, the gilt ground border with pale-puce shells enriched with gilding, the reverse incribed Hers. l'Original peint par Lang Jean se trouve dans la Galerie J<->m et R<->o Vienne. in black
9 in. (24.7 cm.) diam.

拍品專文

The subject is taken from the painting of 1650-55 by Jan Boeckhorst, now in the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna (U.:379), and illustrated in the catalogue, pl. 438.