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THE MILLER COLLECTION

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A RARE TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATE
CIRCA 1760
A view of the Palace of Christianborg in Copenhagen, a soldier
guarding the entrance as a carriage, strollers and an equestrian pass by,
all in grisaille highlighted with colors and gilt

9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, New York, January 2000, lot 185.

Christianborg Palace was the seat of Danish kings until 1794;
from then until the present day it has held the Danish parliament.
Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., p. 247, illustrate a snuffbox with
this rare view.

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THREE GRISAILLE AND GILT PLATES The Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection; Christie’s, Amsterdam,
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY April 2002, lot 1297 (‘Oude Kerk’ plate).

A Danish market octagonal plate centered by the equestrian statue Standing in Amsterdam’s Oudekerksplein square, the Oude Kerk
of Frederick V, the unusual gilt border with a small coat-of-arms was founded in 1213 with a wooden chapel, Taking its present
and inscribed IULIANA MARIA, a plate showing the ‘Oude Kerk’ in form in the 15th century, the Oude Kerk became a Calvinist
Amsterdam, seen from across the ‘Oudezijds Voorburgwal’ canal, and Dutch Reformed Church at the 1578 Reformation. It features the
a portrait plate depicting Queen Juliana of Denmark largest medieval wooden vaulted roof in Europe. Rembrandt was a
frequent attendee and had all his children christened there.
9 in. (22.9 cm.) diameter (‘Oude Kerke’ plate) (3)

$5,000-8,000

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