A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, LES VIERGES SAGES ET LES VIERGES FOLLES

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, H, INCISED 16 - 12, SIGNED KNOELLER

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, LES VIERGES SAGES ET LES VIERGES FOLLES
Late 19th/20th century, impressed monogram and sceptre mark, H, incised 16 - 12, signed Knoeller
Finely painted after Piloty with an allegorical view of ten virgins, five considered wise or prepared with lit oil-lamps, the other five unprepared and distraught
12½ x 16¼ in. (31.5 x 42.5 cm.), within a giltwood frame

Lot Essay

Carl Theodor von Piloty (Munich 1826 - 1886 Hambach), attended the Academy of Munich. The present subject is based on the parable of the Ten Virgins. Matthew 25:1-13.

Compare the Marshall B. Coyne Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 2001, lot 57.

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