A BERLIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE painted by Wagner with Tannhauser on the Venusberg after ????, Venus naked, discarding her embroidered yellow silk drapery on a couch behind her, raising her arm to grasp the shoulder of her companion wearing claret drapery and a gilt-embroidered tunic, resting his foot on a coffer overflowing with flowers, numerous cherubs in attendance, within a shaded arbour of pendent fruit and leaves, and with statuary, signed, impressed KPM and sceptre mark, incised number 490-315, the reverse applied with a paper label, circa 1880, giltwood frame applied with shells, scrolls and flowers, glazed