1592999732000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-117906 1747246363558 1714400271000 1747245849270 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-117906 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117906 4de944ba-56d2-337f-bd52-c453de72bdb4 8 reference agent-172857 adlib-agent-172857 a14cf9de-dd26-3013-a9b8-9dc60ae6ebf6 Messel, Leonard reference agent-172856 adlib-agent-172856 71f39a0b-c347-3d6b-9888-73f17b5c827f Countess of Rosse, Anne reference term-109696 adlib-term-109696 e6dde16e-97a0-3438-855e-c9c6d5660622 fans reference term-119657 adlib-term-119657 474b5499-0c66-3055-bf46-3abe0955889e Messel-Rosse Collection reference term-106211 adlib-term-106211 a643b236-c3c1-3854-ba79-8c4da8aa6dfc watercolour reference term-106241 adlib-term-106241 ad99470e-9e8a-379d-8a5c-f2ab49864f4b bodycolour reference term-31714 adlib-term-31714 72cc6c90-6ca4-3fe8-8160-6f2967e83ffe skin Leaf Folding fan, single skin leaf, painted in bodycolour and watercolours. Sticks and guards of lacquered ivory (22+2) rivet of brass and washer of mother-of-pearl. reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl Washer reference term-40149 adlib-term-40149 89c91a11-c946-3355-a7f0-e9d757f7a1d5 ivory Sticks+guards reference term-28684 adlib-term-28684 f88af0dd-e292-3772-9b52-93a92a1f5ef6 lacquering reference term-40335 adlib-term-40335 80b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4 brass (alloy) Rivet Length cm 27.4 Guards Applied Arts Folding fan, single skin leaf, painted in bodycolour and watercolours. Sticks and guards of lacquered ivory (22+2) rivet of brass and washer of mother-of-pearl. Front: the front leaf shows 'The Rape of Sabines', after Pietro da Cartona (1596-1666), but the design is reversed. In the centre, in front of an obelisk, a roman is abducting a Sabine and another Roman is hitting a man, who is trying to protect a Sabine; on the left, in front of a temple, five Sabines are being abducted by Romans, one of them on horseback; on the right a man with a crown between two columns stands on a podium. Below this there are roman soldiers, an abduction and a child; a statue stands on a podium; bushes and trees are placed in the background and there is some action between the central and right scene. The top lower and left borders are black with scrolling gold ornaments. Back: flowers, fruit and birds on a black background, in the centre two naked figures are holding a garland of flowers. Sticks: painted in different colours of lacquer showing Chinoiseries in two fan leaf-shaped rows with nine cartouches each. Four miniatures in the upper row. Reverse; gold pattern. Guards: both guards are painted in a similar way showing Chinoiseries in cartouches and ovals M.321-1985 1 accession number M.321-1985 117906 priref 117906 1985 1985 1985 Messel-Rosse Collection old catalogue number DR 2/19 1985 1985 1985 N. Armstrong's list number on arrival, re-numbered for accesssion old object number 364 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117906 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117906 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-172856 adlib-agent-172856 71f39a0b-c347-3d6b-9888-73f17b5c827f Countess of Rosse, Anne 1985 1985 1985-01-28 bought Entry date: 1985-01-28 1700 CE 1700 circa 1700 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown after artist reference agent-175093 adlib-agent-175093 1063aa2f-68f8-345b-9265-b40f4e67ab08 da Cortona, Pietro The scene is "The Rape of the Sabines", after Pietro da Cortona (1596-1666). The original, painted between 1626 and 1631, is now in the Pinacoteca Capitolina, rome. Much of the design is reversed, showing it was taken from an engraving, probably by Pietro Aquila (Le Blanc 83, cf no. 17 in BM 1962, 246). reference term-106655 adlib-term-106655 ee8a7821-8b3c-3059-913f-eca0d91befec 18th Century, Early reference term-106629 adlib-term-106629 e1fb1a11-426b-3006-bf59-4126d48e87ca literal Italy Italy country Italy reference term-110712 adlib-term-110712 62af496a-308b-35b5-9f83-c7a0f36fba19 folding fan history note Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-2903 adlib-publication-2903 559e59b1-a163-3f62-a9cc-316f2ef6037f Pietro da Cortona o della Pittura barocca Cf. pp. 26-7, no. 1, a fan leaf of c. 1720 decorated with the Rape of the Sabines, thesticks c. 1730 26-7 reference publication-5853 adlib-publication-5853 22fbfe75-841a-3d2f-9173-8ca5f82ccea0 Seducendo con l'arte. La collexione di ventagli dei Civici Musei di Storia ed Arte di Trieste Cf. p. 12, lot 146, an 18th century fan, thought to be French, illustrated p. 23, which has the same subject on one side of the leaf, but entiredly different, and later sticks 12, 23 reference publication-6654 adlib-publication-6654 df3a833a-348f-3ef1-9a33-47858ab56f23 Costume, Embroideries, Textile, Lace and Fans

reference term-110712 adlib-term-110712 62af496a-308b-35b5-9f83-c7a0f36fba19 folding fan

folding fan object OBJECT