A BERLIN KPM PORCELAIN POLYCHROME RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, in the oil-painting-style, depicting the Sixtine Madonna by Raphael in the Dresdener Gemäldegalerie, depicting the Holy Virgin and the infant Christ amidst cherub heads, flanked by a pope, a female Saint (framed) Pressmarke KPM and Pressnummern

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A BERLIN KPM PORCELAIN POLYCHROME RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, in the oil-painting-style, depicting the Sixtine Madonna by Raphael in the Dresdener Gemäldegalerie, depicting the Holy Virgin and the infant Christ amidst cherub heads, flanked by a pope, a female Saint (framed) Pressmarke KPM and Pressnummern
19th Century
21 x 27 cm

Lot Essay

Augustus III of Saxony bought the Sixtine Madonna. The pensive cherub heads at the bottom became very popular for their own sake

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