EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLACK AND IMPRESSED CROWN AND SHIELD MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED CYPHERS, INCISED 25, GILT AND BLUE LAMB DECORATOR'S MARKS FOR A. LAMM, SIGNED H. WEIGEL

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FOURTEEN VIENNA STYLE (HUTSCHENREUTHER) COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT PLATES
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLACK AND IMPRESSED CROWN AND SHIELD MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED CYPHERS, INCISED 25, GILT AND BLUE LAMB DECORATOR'S MARKS FOR A. LAMM, SIGNED H. WEIGEL
EACH WITH A BORDER OF RICHLY GILT FOLIATE SCROLLWORK CARTOUCHES AND FLOWER-FILLED VASES, FINELY PAINTED WITH A BEAUTY, NAMED ON THE REVERSE, COMPRISING NINE MAIDENS AFTER GREUZE, INCLUDING 'SORROW', 'INNOCENCE', 'FIDELITY', 'LA LATIèRE', 'HEAD OF A GIRL, LOOKING UP' AND 'ARIADNE'; THREE COURT BEAUTIES INCLUDING 'KAISERIN JOSEPHINE', 'KöNIGIN LUISE' AND 'MARIE ANTOINETTE'; AND TWO OTHERS, 'VESTALIN' AFTER KAUFFMANN AND MADAME 'ADELE RéCAMIER' AFTER GERARD
10¼ IN. (26 CM.) DIAMETER (14)

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JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE, FRENCH (1725-1805)
ANGELIKA KAUFFMANN, SWISS (1741-1807)
FRANçOIS GERARD, FRENCH (1770-1837)

AFTER THE GREAT SUCCESS OF HIS WORK FATHER READING BIBLE TO HIS FAMILY AT THE SALON OF 1755, JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE WENT ON TO BECOME A FAMED PAINTER OF GENRE SCENES. LABELLED BY DIDEROT AS 'MORALITY IN PAINT', THESE SENTIMENTAL WORKS LATER GAVE WAY TO PORTRAITS OF BEAUTIFUL, OFTEN SCANTILY CLAD, YOUNG MAIDENS, MUCH IN THE SAME TASTE AS THE PRESENT EXAMPLES.

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