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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, THE HOLY NIGHT
Lot 273 PROPERTY FROM A COLORADO COLLECTION

A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, THE HOLY NIGHT

DATED 1853, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND H, SIGNED AND DATED E. ENS 1853

Closed18 April 2013

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, THE HOLY NIGHT
DATED 1853, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND H, SIGNED AND DATED E. ENS 1853
Finely painted after Correggio's Die Heilige Nacht with the Christ Child in a manger attended by The Virgin Mary, Joseph, shepherds and angels
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high; 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame

Specialist note

Emil Ens is recorded as a painter on porcelain in Dresden in the mid- 19th century. This example along with several other works signed and dated E. Ens are close studies of Renaissance paintings in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.

Antonio Allegri, Il Correggio, Italian (1494-1534).