CIRCA 1770

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A Rotterdam blue and white Commedia dell'Arte tilepicture of Pulcinella
Circa 1770
Decorated with the dancing wife of Harlequin wearing a flowered chequered hoopskirt and holding a summer hat within a blue frame
2 x 3 tiles, 26 x 39cm
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Lot Essay

Cf. W. Hansmann & W. Joliet, 'Vorlagen für die Fliesen des Sommerspeisesaals von Schloss Augustusburg in Brühl' in Jahrbuch der Rheinischen Denkmalpflege Band 33 (Köln 1989), p.191 for a similar tilepicture in the castle in Brühl and one in the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels.

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