
Sophie von der Goltz
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Provenance:
The Sperling Collection, Munich
Nymphenburg produced a variety of pieces using Ovid's 'Metamorphosis' as its inspiration, many of which after etchings by Johann Ulrich Krauß, see Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml (1997), p. 208. However, in this instance the source used were two engravings by Johann Wilhelm Baur from the first half of the 17th century. For some further saucers of the same type, see A. Ziffer (1997), nos. 595-598.