A Berlin KPM porcelain plaque with a portrait of a lady - image-1

Lot 638 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain plaque with a portrait of a lady

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €

A Berlin KPM porcelain plaque with a portrait of a lady

In a giltwood frame (retouched). Impressed sceptre mark and KPM, F5, signed L. Sturm Dresden 1880 to recto. H of plaque 27 cm, with frame 37 cm.
Painted by Ludwig Sturm, Dresden 1880.

Literature

For this painter cf.: Neuwirth, Porzellanmaler-Lexikon, vol. II, Braunschweig 1977, p. 288. Sturm was a well known portrait painter and became head of Meissen's painting department in 1880.