19th C KPM Porcelain Plaque Painting Gabriel Metsu’s Lovers at Breakfast

Product Description

A Rare and Fine Quality Antique 19th Century KPM Painting on Porcelain Plaque after Gabriel Metsu’s ‘Lovers at Breakfast’ (Dated 1661), Metsu with his wife Isabella de Wolff in a Tavern. This porcelain plaque is decorated with a re-creation of Gabriel Metsu’s 1661 oil painting titled “Lovers at Breakfast.” The porcelain forms a flat surface much like the oak panel of the original painting. It is Mounted in a sumptuous and intricate gold-painted frame.

Metsu’s painting is a depiction of him and his wife Isabella de Wolff enjoying breakfast in a Tavern. Dressed finely, the couple huddle together in nearby chairs to feast on dried fish, a small bread roll, and a handful of berries. A silver teapot sits on the table next to the remaining food. Stiff, but obliging, the young woman offers a few berries to her husband who is jubilantly toasting with a glass flute. It looks as though he is attempting to excite his wife about the journey ahead, a notion she is resistant to acquiesce to. Gabriel Metsu’s original paintings have auction sales records in the millions of dollars from Christie’s and Sotheby’s Auction.
Germany, Circa, 1850

Overall Size with Frame:
Height: 20.5 in.
Width: 18 in.

Plaque Size Only:
Height: 11 in.
Width: 8.75 in.