Folding fan with The Finding of Romulus and Remus, Italian, mid-18th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
mid-18th century
Fan in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1560), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Folding fan with The Finding of Romulus and Remus”. The museum dates it mid-18th century and records its origin as Italian. The museum records the medium as Leaf: gouache and bronze paint on paper. Sticks and guards: tortoiseshell, carved and pierced, with gold-and silver-toned metal leaf, mother-of-pearl veneer, and paper underlay (upper guards only). Pivot: clear paste jewel. and the dimensions as Length: 26.7 cm. (guard sticks) Width: 51.4 cm. (open). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Infants, Men, Women, Horses. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Leaf: gouache and bronze paint on paper. Sticks and guards: tortoiseshell, carved and pierced, with gold-and silver-toned metal leaf, mother-of-pearl veneer, and paper underlay (upper guards only). Pivot: clear paste jewel.
- Dimensions
- Length: 26.7 cm. (guard sticks) Width: 51.4 cm. (open)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Fans
- Culture recorded
- Italian
Identification
- Met object id
- 460417
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Museum object number
- 1975.1.1560
Catalogue references
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