A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate with a mythological scene - image-1

Lot 253 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate with a mythological scene

Auction 1150 - overview Berlin
16.05.2020, 12:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 3.000 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate with a mythological scene

Model no. 1054. Decorated with a depiction of "Priam requesting the Body of Hector from Achilles" after a painting (possibly by Jérôme-Martin Langlois). The border painted with a band of tendrils and palmettes. Blue sceptre mark with black enamel dash above, 11. in red, pressnummer 15. D 24.2 cm.
Circa 1810 - 13.

The painting upon which this motif is based, Jérôme-Martin Langlois' "Priam aux pieds d'Achilles" painted in 1809, is today housed in the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.