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Plate with an image of The Parasol Lady
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Plate with an image of The Parasol Lady

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1774 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze in red and gold. On the plate a woman by a pond with reed gesturing towards three birds before her on the land, next to the woman a servant holding a richly decorated parasol over her head; on the wall flower branches alternating with a medallion; the rim with a honeycomb pattern with here four cartouches with a woman and four decorated medallions with birds; the back with eight insects. The scene is after a design by Cornelis Pronk (1691-1754). The wall has been broken. European scene in enamel colors.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePlate with an image of The Parasol Lady. c. 1750 - c. 1774. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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