1735-1750, ATTRIBUTED TO AMSTERDAM, ANJELIERSSTRAAT

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A Delftware blue and white rectangular plaque
1735-1750, ATTRIBUTED TO AMSTERDAM, ANJELIERSSTRAAT
Painted with three maiden, probably camp followers, in elegant attire with Fontange headdresses, one holding a sword, one playing the drum, one holding a shield, flanked by military paraphernalia, within blue relief frame, pierced with two openings for hanging
22.5 cm. wide

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Lot Essay

Women who traveled with the army were known as camp followers and did so for a multitude of reasons. Well over 20.000 women followed one army or another and transformed camps into small towns.
These women were probably celebrating the fame of a victorious army.

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