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Lot 235 Dα

Four Berlin KPM porcelain plates with scenes from the March Revolution

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.125 € (incl. premium)
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Four Berlin KPM porcelain plates with scenes from the March Revolution

Model no. 1113. Decorated with Berlin street views labelled <BR>"Die Waßmans Str: in der Nacht vom 18=19. März 1848."<BR>"Die Nacht vom 18. zum 19. März an der Jäger u. Friedrichstr."<BR>"Barikade in der Friedrichstraße."<BR>"Barikade am Alexanderplatz." D c. 21.2 cm.
1844 – 1847, the decor “hausmalerei“ after 1848.

The scenes depict the revolutionaries' barricade against the Prussian troops, which reached its climax on 18th March and the following night. Over two hundred civilians were killed during the uprising. One of Adolf Menzel's most famous paintings, now housed in the Kunsthalle Hamburg, shows the laying out of the dead of the March Revolution on the steps of the Deutscher Dom at Gendarmenmarkt on 22nd March 1848.