Caption:
Saucer-dish with a portrait of Daniel Raap, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, brown, black and gold. On the front a portrait of a man, Daniel Raap, porcelain dealer from Amsterdam, seated at a table with books and writing supplies, on the right a blue cupboard with books, on the left a window with a white curtain, in front of the table a banderole with the inscription: 'Dees Schets depicts Lord Raap who is acting as a citizen / For whom the golden flow of Baetzucht must perish / Violate and coercive land of her spoil Shooting / That freedom is at its highest: naest herer Vorst Friso eight ', a serrated gold band on the inner edge, the reverse with a second inscription: 'Ter Vreugd van D': Lord: Daniel Raap d'Agtenveertste ver = Jaarring, Word by Elias Colier: this Image is offered. Amsterdam d: 2 Jan: 1750 / Pleun Pira fecit / gb: 1734/2/7 '. Decorated in Europe, Amsterdam, Willem IV (Prince of Orange-Nassau), Pleun Pira (signed by artist), 2-Jan-1750, Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Qianlong-period (1736-1795), porcelain (material), glaze, gold (metal), vitrification, h 3.5 cm d 20.7 cm d 12.8 cm