EIGHT VIENNA STYLE (HUTSCHENREUTHER) 'JEWELED' COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT PLATES

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, GREEN PRINTED AND IMPRESSED CROWNED SHIELD MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND LETTERS, ALL SIGNED WAGNER S.

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EIGHT VIENNA STYLE (HUTSCHENREUTHER) 'JEWELED' COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT PLATES
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, GREEN PRINTED AND IMPRESSED CROWNED SHIELD MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND LETTERS, ALL SIGNED WAGNER S.
Each within variant elaborate scroll borders enclosing 'ruby', turquoise and white 'jewels', seven finely painted after Steiler with 'Lady Ellenborough', 'Alexandra...Princessin v. Bayern', 'Lady Milbanke', 'Maximiliana Borgaza', 'Maria Dietsch', 'Marie Königin von Bayern' and 'Auguste Strobel', and one after Dürk with 'Carlotta Gräfin von Boos Waldeck...', all identified on the reverse
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) diameter (8)

Lot Essay

Joseph Karl Stieler (German, 1781-1858)

Stieler was a painter for the Bavarian court and many of the present portraits were commissioned by King Ludwig I for the Schönheitengalerie, often referred to as the 'Gallery of Beauties', in Schloss Nymphenburg. Additionally, his portrait of Beethoven remains the archetypal image of that famous composer.

See Christie's, New York, 31 October 2000, lot 79 for a set of very similar plates after Stieler.

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