Plaque

A rectangular plaque shows a genre scene with putti engaged in grape harvest and compressing grapes in a vat. Two boys on the right approach, holding bowls with cut bunches of grapes over their heads. The putti are accompanied by a horned goat with a sash on its neck. Beside the goat, on the ground, there is a full wicker basket covered with leaves. The other five cupids visible around the vat are busy supplementing the resources and compressing the gathered grapes. One putto is shown coming out of the barrel with the help of a strong friend in a green laurel wreath on his head, and the other putti approach to throw fruit out of the basket being carried on the back. In front of the container, there is a rectangular stone on the ground making it easier to enter and leave the container.

The plaque was attached to a wooden block in unknown circumstances – presumably in order to ensure its easy exposition.

On the basis of scarce original information, we can suppose that the collection of Limoges enamels in Wilanów was presumably created by Aleksander Potocki.

The plaque was shown to the Warsaw audience during An Exhibition of Antique and Art Objects in the palace of Count August Potocki and his wife at Krakowskie Przedmieście 32 (today the Museum of the University of Warsaw) in 1856. It is described in the catalogue of this exhibition under item 792.

Joanna Paprocka-Gajek