| Accession Nr.: | 74.101.1 |
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| Date of production: |
ca. 1730 (presumably)
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| Place of production: | France |
| Materials: | cardboard; wood |
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| Techniques: | cut-out engraving; turned |
| Dimensions: |
height: 35,2 cm
width: 23 cm
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On one side of the octagonal leaf is a portrait, framed in yellow and on a blue ground, of a man wearing an allonge wig. Around it is an inscription: ALOYSIUS CAROELLVS S.R.I. COMES I.C. NOVARIAE SENATOR MLNI ET REGENS &c. On the other side, on a dark grey ground, is a miscellany: a priest making preparations beside a sacrificial fire, and a dragon figure in front of the altar-stone a smithy a hunting scene a wall (?) and a man's portrait in a round field, with the inscription: PH.FR.NAZ... RE D'EGLANTINE. The meaning of the depiction is undiscovered.
Literature
- Maros Donka Szilvia: Bájos semmiségek. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum legyezőgyűjteménye (1700-1920). Balassi Kiadó - Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2002. - Nr. 71.
