Fan - Aldobrandini wedding
| Accession Nr.: | 72.48.1 |
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| Date of production: |
ca. 1790
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| Place of production: | Italy |
| Materials: | ivory inlay; mahogany; parchment leaf |
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| Techniques: | inlaid; painted; pierced |
| Dimensions: |
height: 28,7 cm
width: 54 cm
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The leaf is divided up by fields of various shapes and colours—uncoloured, black, blue, and red—, in which there is classicist-type festoon and other ornamentation. In the middle can be seen a small copy of The Aldobrandini Wedding, one of the best-known frescos of ancient times, discovered in Rome at the beginning of the 17th century. The verso is unembellished. The sticks are unadorned, but on the guard-sticks there is narrow line of ivory inlay. On the upper part of the guard-sticks there are small medallions amidst a wavy grid pattern on green foil.
Literature
- Maros Donka Szilvia: Bájos semmiségek. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum legyezőgyűjteménye (1700-1920). Balassi Kiadó - Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2002. - Nr. 65
