Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, La Balance (Libra) from le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service

Design for a painted porcelain plate, square format. A large scale dominates the foreground in front of a two-story house, center background. Figure of a man stands on the left balance of a scale pointing to his wife who stands on the right balance and is pulled toward the ground by a crouching man, lower right corner. The German says, "My wife weighs more than I do." A young boy stands next to the central post of the scale while two figures, left middleground, look on.