NOVEMBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE

A KPM PORCELAIN PLAQUE 'GRETCHEN AT THE SPINNING WHEEL', 19TH CENTURY

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Start price: $600

Estimated price: $900 - $1,200

Buyer's premium:

KPM Berlin porcelain plaque depicting Gretchen at the spinning wheel after the painting by Alexander von Liezen-Mayer (Hungarian-born, German, 1839 – 1898).

Impressed KPM scepter mark.

Footnote: Alexander von Liezen-Mayer, portrait and history painter, studied at the academies in Vienna and Munich. Pupil of Eugen von Blaas. From 1862 worked in the studio of Carl Theodor von Piloty. 1884-1898 professor at the Munich Academy.

12 1/2 x 10 in., (32 x 25 cm.)

Condition: The plaque is in good condition overall. Insignificant paint loss to the right side. One minor scratch to the low left corner and a few more closer to the middle.