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‘Othello Relating His Adventures to Desdemona’ – A Fine Berlin (KPM) Porcelain Plaque After Carl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (German, 1820-1900)
£12,000
‘Othello Relating His Adventures to Desdemona’ - A Fine Berlin (KPM) Porcelain Plaque After Carl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (German, 1820-1900).Signed...
Dimensions
Height: 44 cm (18 in)Width: 50 cm (20 in)
Depth: 8 cm (4 in)
PrintDescription
‘Othello Relating His Adventures to Desdemona’ – A Fine Berlin (KPM) Porcelain Plaque After Carl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (German, 1820-1900).
Signed ‘R. Wagner’.
Impressed mark to the reverse ‘KPM’ (Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur).
German, Circa 1900.
This finely painted porcelain plaque depicts Othello, the Moor of Venice, relating his adventures as captain of the Venetian fleet before Senator Brabantio and his daughter Desdamona from Act 1, Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s tragedy. The figures set within a richly envisaged Renaissance loggia. The original painting by Carl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (1820 -1900) is in the National Museum in Wrocław, Poland.
The Wagner family were celebrated porcelain painters working from Graf-Starhemberg-Gasse in Vienna, who were particularly noted for their fine detail and historicist subjects.
Dimensions of Plaque:
Height: 24.5 cm | 10 inches
Width 31.5 cm | 12 inches
Date
Circa 1880
Origin
German
Medium
Porcelain
Signature
Signed ‘R. Wagner’. Impressed mark to the reverse KPM.
Founded in Berlin in 1750 ‚‘KPM‚’ or ‘Koenigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur’ acquired its name and Royal patronage when the Prussian king, Frederick the Great, purchased the manufactory in 1760.
Its distinguished trademark from then on became the royal blue sceptre, which is stamped (painted prior to 1837) on every piece. All painted pieces produced by KPM are signed by the painter.
The complicated and exacting process of painting on porcelain became very popular in the mid to late nineteenth century. Drawing inspiration from old master portraits and genre scenes, artists were able to achieve incredible images embued with a luminous beauty through the translucent quality of the porcelain.
KPM porcelain represented the height of technical and artistic achievement during this period and large plaques particularly signed examples have become rare and highly sought after.
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