Plate with an Allegory of Majesty

ca. 1700 (Baroque)

23.7 cm 3.5 cm

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Allegorical figures surrounded by an illusionistic framework featuring putti (naked toddlers, sometimes winged like Roman “spirit” figures and that act above their age) were a common subject in the Grue workshop. On this plate, the central enthroned figure, dressed as a Roman...

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Seligmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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