A RARE TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATE

CIRCA 1760

Details

A RARE TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATE
CIRCA 1760
Painted en grisaille with the Royal Christiansborg Palace of Copenhagen, small figures strolling the grounds in front
9 inches (22.8 cm) diameter

Exhibited

The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, Chinese Export Porcelain, 27 October 1979 - 6 January 1980, cat no 26

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Lot Essay

Danish political life has been headquartered on this site from the 15th century to the present day. A series of castles predated this 18th century palace, the seat of the Danish Kings until 1794, and then from 1849 the home of the Danish Parliament. Hervouët & Bruneau (op cit, p 247) illustrate a snuffbox with this view, initialed and dated 1763, and cite a similar plate in the David Collection, Copenhagen.

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