A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, AMOR, DEN PFEIL SCHLEIFEND

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND H, INCISED 13¼ - 11½

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, AMOR, DEN PFEIL SCHLEIFEND
Late 19th/20th century, impressed monogram and sceptre mark and H, incised 13¼ - 11½
Finely painted after Mengs with a bust-length portrait of Cupid honing his arrows on a whetstone
13¼ x 11 in. (33.5 x 28 cm.), within a giltwood frame

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Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779 Rome)

The present plaque is based on the painting located at the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (gal. no. P.177).

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