Object Description
Antique Dresden porcelain cabinet plate depicting the Madonna after Raphael
German, c. 1880
Height 2.5cm, diameter 19.5cm
This finely painted Dresden porcelain cabinet plate is decorated to the centre with a copy of Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, 1513. The edges of the plate are bordered in raised gilt leaf scrollwork on a white and green background. To the reverse of the plate are an underglaze blue crown mark and ‘Madonna von Raphael Santio’ in gilt.