
Sophie von der Goltz
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Provenance:
European Private Collection since the 1980s
Literature:
A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 104, col. pl. XXXII
Exhibited:
Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, 'Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli: Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806', 10 December 1986=30 April 1987
One of several groups identified by Angela Caròla-Perrotti as probably based on engravings after Watteau's paintings, it was likely based on 'Embarkation for Cythera' or 'The Pleasures of the Ball'. Another example is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession no. 1982.450.1).