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Secrets of the Umbrella, a History in Fashion and Design

Plate depicting a lady with parasol

Item

Title
Plate depicting a lady with parasol
Rights
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. Public Domain.
Creator
Cornelis Pronk 1691–1759
Date
1734 C.E.
Description
This is a blue and white Chinese Dutch Market plate and depictc a lady with a parasol. The company that manufactured this design commissioned the artist Cornelis Pronk. The company was able to copy the design onto the porcelain plates and export them. This lady with parasol design was one of Pronk's most popular compositions.
Format
Ceramics-Porcelain-Export. Hard-paste porcelain pained with cobalt blue under transparent glaze. Diameter: 4 1/8 × 19 1/2 in.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contributor
Doreen D.
Identifier
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 68.153
Subject
dutch east india; chinese; porcelain; europe; plate; parasol; cornelis pronk.
Source
Jpg. Photographer Unknown. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11/5/2021
Plate depicting a lady with parasol