Sevres porcelain plate Moschion from Service Iconographique Grec

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Plate with a cameo portrait of the tragic poet Moschion.
After the engraving from “Iconographie grecque” by Ennio Quirino Visconti published in 1808 in Paris. Visconti (1751-1818) was an Italian antiquarian and art historian, papal Prefect of Antiquities, and an expert on ancient Roman sculpture. Published by order of Napoleon copies of this three volume work were given out as gifts.

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