d493: Rubens on 16" Delft Wall Plate Porceleyne Fles Start Price USD 565.00 Current Price USD 565.00 Time Left 8 days 51 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Friday, January 16, 2009 Location Amstenrade See more about 'd493: Rubens on 16" Delft Wall Plate Porceleyne Fles' Description haspa xdelft xplgr xpofl xeur xtra SALE: MARKED DOWN BY 35% --> Rubens on 16" Delft Wall Plate Porceleyne Fles (Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge)(Click to Enlarge) © All pictures copyright Haspa It is my pleasure to offer you this magnificent handpainted Rembrandt on a huge Delft wall plate produced by The Royal Porceleyne Fles in Delft, The Netherlands. De Porceleyne Fles was founded in 1653 however it got famous when Joost Thooft took over this small factory at Delft in 1876. He produced traditional blue on white Delft ware and tile tableaus but with a new technique. The painters of Royal Delft are trained in the factory starting off with simple designs in blue/white on the smaller pieces. A painter first has to learn how to paint the little flowers and leaves that so characteristically adorn Delftware vases and the borders of Delftware plates. The painters then gradually progress to larger pieces with more complicated designs. Only the master painters, who have trained at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague paint the elaborate landscape and Dutch masters pieces. As early as 1878 and 1879 contemporary Dutch artists entered into agreement with the Porceleyne Fles to allow their paintings to be copied. Landscapes were introduced to production, soon followed by genre paintings. Josef Israëls, Johannes Bosboom, Frederik Jacob van Rossum du Chattel, Anton Mauve, Otto Eerelmann, and Hendrik Willem Mesdag (all members of the artist's society "Pulchry Studio" in The Hague) played an important role. Contacts were easy because Adolf Lecomte, the artistic leader of The Porceleyne Fles was the brother in law of Anton Mauve. This success caused that also paintings by worldfamous medieval masters were copied like this painting, a portrait by Rubens. The front of this plate is marked with "naar Rubens". Further fully marked on the backside with the the Royal Delft Logo, The stylized JT of Joost Thooft and the (master) painters initials V.D.L. (= H. van der Linden who worked at De Porceleyne Fles from 1955-2004). It wasn´t unusual that two painters worked on the same plate, a senior one to paint the most important parts and his pupil to finish it and to create the borders. In this case two very experienced painters collaborated in creating this masterpiece. Lit. refs: (a) "De Porceleyne Fles, de Wedergeboorte van een Delftse Aardewerkfabriek" by Bogaers, Gaillard en Ten Horn-Van Nispen (1986), (b) "Royal Delft, a guide to De Porceleyne Fles" by Rick Erickson (2003) and (c) "1653-2003 From Pottery to Royal Delft" by Jessica van Erkel & Arnold de Koster (2003). AGE: 1971 (CP) DIMENSIONS: Diameter is 16 inches (=40.5 cm). CONDITION: EXCELLENT. This plate is in PERFECT condition. A real treasure for any TOP QUALITY HANDPAINTED DELFT Collection. The white spots on some pictures are the reflection of my photo lights. GUARANTEE: All items are guaranteed to be AUTHENTIC and in the state as described above, consistent with age and use. S&I: The shipping category is 4 . No charges for packaging or handling. Insurance on request. Click HERE for full Shipping and Insurance information. COMBINE more small items to SAVE ON SHIPPING COSTS. Read all about PAYMENT, INSURANCE and other interesting statements. FULL REFUND for returns when not according description. PayPal Cheque or Money Order (only for amounts over $200) CREDITCARDS via PayPal Other ways of payment on request Currency can be agreed by email. Save on shipping costs by combining more items in one shipment. Lay Away Available Find moreitems here. Find more LARGEhere. Lõ¿õK: See my PHOTO GALLERY for more beautiful items. BUY NOW in with fix price items. Make GOUDA's GARDEN one of your Favorite Stores Thanks for visiting LeoArt´s auction with some help of Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.     SquareTrade © AP6.0 Place a Bid!