Judgement of Paris: M.325-1985

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Judgement of Paris

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Folding fan

Categories

Fans

Description

Double leaf of chickenskin, painted in bodycolour. Sticks and guards of ivory (20+2), shaped, painted, gilt, and overlaid with pierced mother-of-pearl, that on the guards backed with gold foil. Rivet set with clear pastes. Front: Painted overall with the Judgement of Paris after ? Pietro da Cortona ? derived from the engraving by marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael?. The left, top and bottom edges have black borders decorated with gilt scrolls. Reverse: Painted overall with a landscape featuring a group of Italian farm buildings. Gold and green lines on the edges. Sticks: In the centre, a cartouche painted with Perseus and Andromeda, flanked by irregular cartouches containing a gentleman and a lady respectively, reserved in a pierced mother-of-pearl ground. On the back, a central cartouche painted en camaieu in purple with a landscape, flanked by smaller cartouches painted en camaieu in blue with landscapes. Between the cartouches there are coloured trophies and flowers.Guards: Scrolls and flowers, the latter coloured.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

17th Century, second half#
Circa 1660 - Circa 1700

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Guards composed of foil ( gold) Length 29.8 cm
Leaf composed of bodycolour chicken skin
Sticks+guards composed of mother-of-pearl ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.325-1985
Primary reference Number: 117910
Old catalogue number: DR 28/1
Old object number: 368
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 November 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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