Wilhelm Christian Meyer (1726-1786)

ALLEGORY OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

Germany, Berlin, Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur, 1904
A pair of putti seated on a decorative Rococo base in front of a painter`s easel, one drawing on a pad, a painter`s palette and a model of a female head at his feet. Porcelain, painted in pastel shades, tinted incarnate, gilded details. H. 14,2 cm. Blue underglaze "Zeptermarke", overglaze red-brown printed apple with KPM, impressed "406 S". Condition B. Minor restoration (toes of the drawing putto`s right foot). Provenance: from the collection of PhDr. Miroslav Boček (1915–2005).