Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Marrons (Chestnuts) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper, Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. A figure of a woman holding a chestnut roaster stands before a large fireplance in a chestnut shop. Beside her to the right, a little girl protects a young boy from reaching into the fire. Another woman at left of center foreground is on her knees

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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