Apollo and Daphne
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, with a mythological scene of a metamorphosis. Depicting a man with a bow pursuing a girl, from whose fingertips sprout branches with two putti in clouds. To the right, a river god reclines in rushes and a putti flies off through trees.
Paper leaf with hand coloured stipple on carved and fretted sticks, with gold and silver decoration. Slightly earlier French sticks
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 326
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1790
Leaf
composed of
paper
Stick Decoration
composed of
gold
silver
Sticks
Accession number: M.178-2015
Primary reference Number: 204743
Sale number: 326
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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