An Allegory of Astronomy, Meissen, Second Half of the 19th Century,
a putto is looking at a celestial globe and drawing on a white plate, a second one is looking through a telescope, the third one is bending over a book, porcelain, polychromed and gilt, height 19.5 cm, incised model no. 9, former no. 58, red painter no. 48, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, model by Michel Victor Acier c. 1774, from the series of allegorical representations of the arts for Empress Catherine II, very slightly chipped, (Hr)
Provenance:
Viennese private collection.
Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch (ed.), Meissen für die Zaren, pp. 124, 125, ill.
Specialist: Regina Herbst
Regina Herbst
+43-1-515 60-356
regina.herbst@dorotheum.at
23.10.2023 - 14:00
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EUR 2,400.- to EUR 4,000.-
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An Allegory of Astronomy, Meissen, Second Half of the 19th Century,
a putto is looking at a celestial globe and drawing on a white plate, a second one is looking through a telescope, the third one is bending over a book, porcelain, polychromed and gilt, height 19.5 cm, incised model no. 9, former no. 58, red painter no. 48, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, model by Michel Victor Acier c. 1774, from the series of allegorical representations of the arts for Empress Catherine II, very slightly chipped, (Hr)
Provenance:
Viennese private collection.
Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch (ed.), Meissen für die Zaren, pp. 124, 125, ill.
Specialist: Regina Herbst
Regina Herbst
+43-1-515 60-356
regina.herbst@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Furniture, Works of Art, Glass & Porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 23.10.2023 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 14.10. - 23.10.2023 |