Plate with figures in arbor
Cornelis Pronk
ca. 1740 · Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
It is probable that the composition decorating this plate derives from a drawing by the Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk (1691–1759), who is known to have furnished designs to the Dutch East India Company. Pronk’s drawings were widely employed by Chinese porcelain painters as sources of decoration for porcelain intended for export to Europe.
- Artist
- Cornelis Pronk
- Date
- ca. 1740
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over 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, 1984
