Fan, France, 1740-1760; carved ivory sticks with painted vellum leaf of landscape in the style of Claude-Joseph Vernet
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1750-1760
Folding fan with the obverse showing a riverside scene painted in watercolours of kind, showing some fishermen and their boat in the foreground and village women awaiting the catch.
In the background is an Italianate landscape with a bridge leading to a village, with mountains in the distance. The picture fills the fan leaf and has been arranged to conform to the shape of the leaf. The reverse is of paper, painted in watercolours with a sketchily painted scene of a seascape showing a man and a dog running across a rickety bridge towards a ship anchored beside a ruined building. The sticks and guards are of finely carved and pierced ivory decorated with cupids, lovers and musical instruments.
The upper portion of each guard is backed with mother of pearl. The wide, closely spaced ivory sticks are typical of the 1750s. The scene carved on the guardsticks shows a gentleman talking to a cherub.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length 29 cm; Width cm open span
- Materials and techniques
- Gouache on vellum, with carved and pierced ivory sticks and guards
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O87175
- Museum object number
- T.152-1978
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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