Plate with a Scene of Doctors' Visit in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

Plate with Scene of Doctors' Visit (Primary Title)

Cornelius Pronk, Dutch, 1691 - 1759 (Designer)

Date: 1735-40

Culture: Dutch

Category: Ceramics

Medium: Porcelain with famille rose enamels

Collection: East Asian Art

Dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (4.76 × 24.77 cm)

Object Number: 72.34.2

Related Material: Pair with "Plate with Scene of Doctors' Visit" (72.34.1)


In the mid-1730s, Cornilis Pronk of Amsterdam was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to design a number of ceramics on the subject of life in China. To make this vessel, a white ceramic was produced in Jingdezhen, transferred to Guangzhou for painting, and then shipped to Europe.

Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8094449