Plate depicting a lady with parasol
Cornelis Pronk
ca. 1734–37 · Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The Dutch East India Company, which dominated the export of Chinese porcelains to Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, commissioned the Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk (1691–1759) to supply designs that could be copied on porcelain intended for export. This design of a lady with a parasol was one of Pronk’s most popular compositions, and was employed by Japanese porcelain painters as well.
- Artist
- Cornelis Pronk
- Date
- ca. 1734–37
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
- Culture
- Chinese, for Dutch market
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1968
