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Venus disarming Cupid: M.202-2015

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Venus disarming Cupid

Maker(s)

Maker: Killan (Possibly)

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Description

Folding fan, depicting Venus disarming Cupid.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on plain wooden sticks, with painted and varnished decoration. Guard stick with bone filet.

Possibly made by Killan/Killian of rue Phelipeaux

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 354

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1820

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of wood
Filet composed of bone
Sticks

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.202-2015
Primary reference Number: 204767
Sale number: 354

Audit data

Created: Monday 27 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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