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Style: Louis XVI
Place of Origin: German
Pair of Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaques of Floral Still-Life Paintings
By KPM Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of hand-painted porcelain plaques of floral still-life paintings with original giltwood frames. These beautiful floral still-life paintings have been hand-painted on porc...
Category
1870s Louis XVI Antique German Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Meissen Plaque Depicting Four Royals Hunting in the Woods with a Dog and Rifles
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally fine and quite larege Meissen hand-painted porcelain plaque depicting four royals hunting in the woods with a hunting dog and rifles. This is the finest quality of a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Antique German Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
German Prints Birds Series Ornithological Engravings Martinet-Buffon C-1790 '2'
By Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Located in Katonah, NY
These are small, gem-like, individual bird scenes.
They are beautifully drawn, detailed prints of hand-colored copperplate engravings from one of the most important ornithological works of the 18th century.
These hand-colored engravings were printed in Germany on original 18th-century rag paper taken from the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux by Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon (1708-1788), with engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet (1731-1804), published in Paris 1770-1786.
Dimensions: 6 inches x 3.5 inches (8 inches x 10 inches including the matte)
Condition: Excellent.
Price: $185 for a pair
BACKGROUND: of Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon and Francois Nicholas Martinet:
The Comte de Buffon was a mathematician and scientist often thought of as the founding father of ornithology. His lifetime goal was to create images of most of the world's birds in their natural environment.
His work prefigured the works of John James Audubon.
Under Louis XV, he was the head of the Royal...
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Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique German Paintings
Materials
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