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A Meissen porcelain snuff box with a portrait of Maria Josepha of Saxony

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 12.500 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain snuff box with a portrait of Maria Josepha of Saxony

Rectangular snuff box with gilt metal mountings. All faces decorated with Watteau scenes en camaieu. The inside of the lid with a finely painted half-length portrait of Maria Josepha, Electoress of Saxony and Queen of Poland. Unmarked. Restored. H 4.3, W 8, D 6.5 cm.
After 1743, miniature after Louis de Silvestre (1675 - 1760).

The portrait miniature reiterates almost exactly a full-length portrait of the Queen painted in 1743 by Louis de Silvestre (1675 - 1760). The French artist became court painter at Dresden in 1716. The portrait is currently housed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin.