Fan - depicting Diana
Accession Nr.: | 81.189.1 |
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Place of production: | France |
Materials: | paper; parchment; silver foil; toroiseshell sticks |
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Techniques: | gilded; pierced |
Dimensions: |
height: 26,6 cm
width: 50 cm
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In the middle of the leaf, which is framed with small scallop motifs and bouquets of roses, there is a scene from mythology, probably taken from the story of Diana. A recumbent young lady holds a quiver in her left hand she is raising her right hand towards an arrow offered by a young man paying homage before her. Servant-girls stretch a baldachin above her. On both sides there are maidens gathering flowers, winged putti and other figures. In the background there is a landscape with ruins. On the verso a Rococo couple dallies on a small island. Among the floral embellishments on the sticks there is a couple making music in the upper part of each of the guard-sticks sits a youth playing the flute.
Literature
- Maros Donka Szilvia: Bájos semmiségek. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum legyezőgyűjteménye (1700-1920). Balassi Kiadó - Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2002. - Nr. 25.