Mythological Scene
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan with a mythological scene. Depicting Cupid crowning a woman whilst Flora (?) annoints her, and another woman washes her feet.
Canepin leaf with stipple printed in two colours with painted reserves on fretted bone sticks.
Very much in the French style, but probably not French workmanship. The stipple is very unusual and the fretting does not look French. The flowers are similar to those on fans considered by some to be Swedish.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 399
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
leather
( canepin)
Sticks
composed of
bone
Accession number: M.233-2015
Primary reference Number: 204798
Sale number: 399
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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