A GRISAILLE, GILT AND ROUGE-DE-FER 'MYTHOLOGICAL-SUBJECT' PLATE painted at the centre with two naked lovers seated on rockwork beneath a tree, within two bands of red and gilt tassels, circa 1740 | Christie's

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A GRISAILLE, GILT AND ROUGE-DE-FER 'MYTHOLOGICAL-SUBJECT' PLATE painted at the centre with two naked lovers seated on rockwork beneath a tree, within two bands of red and gilt tassels, circa 1740

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A GRISAILLE, GILT AND ROUGE-DE-FER 'MYTHOLOGICAL-SUBJECT' PLATE painted at the centre with two naked lovers seated on rockwork beneath a tree, within two bands of red and gilt tassels, circa 1740
22.5cm. diam.

拍品專文

This scene possibly represents 'The Toilet of Venus'. Cf. J. A. Lloyd Hyde, op. cit., p. 81, pl. XIV, fig. 44 and cf. F. et N. Hervouet et Y. Bruneau, op. cit., p. 317, figs. 13.89, 13.90 and 13.91 for different versions of this subject