A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Abélard and Héloïse - image-1
A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Abélard and Héloïse - image-2
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Lot 1175 Dα

A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Abélard and Héloïse

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €

A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Abélard and Héloïse

The cup painted with a depiction of Petrus Abaelardus in despair, the saucer with Héloïse. Blue crossed swords mark with star and 4 I and II, sepia 69. A minute chip to one corner of the handle. H of cup 6.4, D of saucer 13.8 cm.
Circa / after 1776.

These depictions of the two famous lovers were based on an English edition of their letters from 1776, which was illustrated with mezzotints by Thomas Watson after works in gouache or pastels by Daniel Gardner (1750 - 1805).

Provenance

The Hiemisch collection, acquired in 2003.