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Lot 178

A Berlin plaque of 'A Reading from Homer', late 19th century

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £4,000

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A Berlin plaque of 'A Reading from Homer', late 19th century

Painted by L. Knoeller, signed l.l. 'L. Knoeller', the reverse inscribed 'Eine Vorlesung./ nach Alma Tadema.', in a giltwood frame, the plaque: 25.5cm by 31.7cm; the frame: 34.5cm by 46.7cm, impressed sceptre mark and KPM, incised 12.9¾, shield mark inscribed on reverse below inscription

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After the painting "A Reading from Homer", by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) of 1885, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, inv. no. E1924-4-1. Knoeller, a porcelain painter of plaques and plates depicting scenes from well-known paintings, won first place in the Dresden Exhibition of 1891 (W. Neuwirth, Porzellanmaler-Lexikon 1840-1914 (1977), vol. II, p. 16).

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