VARIOUS PROPERTIES
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN HEINRICH VON HURTER (1734-1799)
A Political Satire represented by Flora and Zephyr, the dancing goddess of flowers disguised as Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry, holding a Thyrsus and a Tambourine, inspiring her husband Zephyr to write a love letter; interior background
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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN HEINRICH VON HURTER (1734-1799)
A Political Satire represented by Flora and Zephyr, the dancing goddess of flowers disguised as Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry, holding a Thyrsus and a Tambourine, inspiring her husband Zephyr to write a love letter; interior background
enamel on copper
oval, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with pierced translucent blue enamel ribbon cresting inscribed in gold 'WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY'
A Political Satire represented by Flora and Zephyr, the dancing goddess of flowers disguised as Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry, holding a Thyrsus and a Tambourine, inspiring her husband Zephyr to write a love letter; interior background
enamel on copper
oval, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with pierced translucent blue enamel ribbon cresting inscribed in gold 'WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY'
Provenance
Henry Nyburg; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1976, lot 25, illustrated p. 25 (£300).