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Enamel plate painted in grisaille with gold highlights depic…
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142
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Enamel plate painted in grisaille with gold highlights depic…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
Enamel plate painted in grisaille with gold highlights depicting a man and woman eating porridge, after an engraving by Nicolaes de Bruyn (1581-1656). Inscription at the bottom Sollicitus Ventrem Quibus Expleat Usque Macrescit ("I eat greedily and gorge myself on porridge, and yet I remain just as thin"). Monogrammed SL(?) lower right. Midnight blue counter-glaze.
19th century, in the style of the Limoges enamels of Jacques I Laudin
12.2 x 15.1 cm
In a giltwood frame.
Collection label DA 7657 on the back.
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About the sale
Classic furniture and objets d'art
Auction location
Auction time
06/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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