82. Exceptionnel service en porcelaine de Meissen Hausmaler, circa 1725 An exceptional Meissen Hausmaler service, circa 1725 Of superb quality, decorated in the workshop of Sabina Aufenwerth, depicting various Arcadian landscape scenes including shepherd scenes, cattle scenes and stages of a coach ride, likely after Nicolaes Berchem, painted en grisaille and in pink tones, each finely detailed scene set within gilt strapwork borders under a c scroll rim, comprising: six cups and saucers; a slop bowl; a sugar box and cover; a teapot and cover likely from an associated contemporary service (the cover attached by a chain); a silver-gilt-mounted coffee pot and cover (the mounts marked for Elias Adam, Augsburg, 1722-26) the coffee pot: 22.5cm high (19) Provenance: The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain Literature: U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 71 Exhibited: Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997; Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-13 July 1997 Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1622-1683) was a prolific Dutch painter and draughtsman, producing over 800 paintings and at least 57 etchings. His work was greatly esteemed and prints after him are numerous. These prints were used as wall decoration, were collected in books but also were used by artists as models. Prints by or after Berchem have been among the most predominant and recognisable graphic sources used on furniture, porcelain and delftware. Prints and engravings greatly increased an artist's visibility and popularity, and Berchem undoubtedly benefitted from this strategy. According to the art historian Gerdien Wuestman, "There is hardly a Dutch artist whose oeuvre generated so many prints as Nicolaes Berchem." (Gerdien Wuestman, "Nicolaes Berchem in Print: Fluctuations in the Function and Significance of Reproductive Engraving," in Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art 24, no. 1 (1996): 19–53 p. 19.) Another teapot by the same hand was offered at Galerie Koller, Zurich, 19 March 2007, lot 1506 (si ringrazia Alessandro Biancalana per il riferimento).