A GRISAILLE AND GILT PLATE

CIRCA 1745

Details

A GRISAILLE AND GILT PLATE
Circa 1745
Finely painted with the scene known as the departure of the pilgrims to the Isle of Cythera
9in. (22.9cm.) diameter

Provenance

The Lucile and Robert H. Gries Charity Fund
Western Reserve Historical Society

Lot Essay

This mythological tale of bacchanalian pleasure was a favorite of 18th century French artists. Both the Meissen and the Chinese export versions were probably after the 1708 engraving of Bernard Picart. See Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., p. 160.

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