IDENTIFIERS
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id:	205081
accession number:	M.45-2015

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 6 August 2015
updated:	Wednesday 15 May 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The paper leaf with a hand coloured etching.  Venus sits on a cloud, attended by putti.  To the left stands Aeneas, with a plumed helmet, shield and sword at his feet.  To the right, two putti play with arrows.  
On carved and pierced sticks and guards with mother of pearl cloute work.  Ivory sticks with petal pivot (lacking stick and reduced leaf). The composition is taken from a painting by Poussin.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: The Lennox Boyn Collection.  Christies no. 26


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Lennox Boyd
creditline: Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from The Lennox Boyd Estate

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/205081





CATEGORIES
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category: fan

DATING
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creation date:	1740 - 1740
creation date earliest:	1740
creation date latest:	1740
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown
maker: Poussin, Nicolas