A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PORTRAIT PLAQUE

LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, INCISED 15-12, IMPRESSED H, WORKSHOP LABEL FOR FRANZ XAVER THALLMAIER, SIGNED MALTZ.

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PORTRAIT PLAQUE
Late 19th century, impressed monogram and sceptre mark, incised 15-12, impressed H, workshop label for Franz Xaver Thallmaier, signed Maltz.
Finely painted after Peter Paul Rubens with a portrait of the artist and his first wife, Isabella Brant
15 x 12in. (38 x 30.4cm.), within a gilt wood frame

拍品專文

See Peter C. Sutton, The Age of Rubens, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Exhibition Catalogue, 22 September 1993 - 2 January 1994, Ghent, p. 23, fig. 13 for the original oil on canvas circa 1609-1610, located in the, Bayeriche Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, Munich no. 334.

Although certainly a reflection of marital status, this work is noted as one of the first to also reveal new social ideals of marriage being more than an economic pact.