Plate
ca. 1750–60
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Culture
Chinese, for European market
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lucile and Robert H. Gries Charity Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.95.3
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About the Artist
Abraham Bloemaert · 1566–1651
Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651) was born in Gorinchem in the Dutch Republic, the son of architect Cornelis Bloemaert, and grew up in Utrecht after the family relocated there in 1575. His early artistic formation took him to Paris for three years in the early 1580s, where he studied with several masters before returning to the Northern Netherlands to pursue his career. He settled permanently in Utrec...