Fan — Venus and Adonis, Rome (city), 1690s
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1690s
Fan in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 2200-1876), made in Rome (city), dated 1690s, attributed to Germo, Leonardo. The museum's brief description reads: 1680-1720s, Italian; Painted kid, watercolour.
Germo, L. Venus & Adonis. Museum description: Fan with a leaf of kid painted with watercolours and sticks and guards of gilt hawskbill turtle shell. The scene depicted is Venus and Adonis; the reverse of the leaf is undecorated. The museum records it as Watercolour on kid, with gilt hawksbill turtle shell (Eretmochelys imbricata) sticks and guards, measuring Width 510 mm; Height 297 mm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- turtle shell, Animal material - Eretmochelys imbricata
- Dimensions
- Width 510 mm; Height 297 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Watercolour on kid, with gilt hawksbill turtle shell (Eretmochelys imbricata) sticks and guards
- Maker recorded
- Germo, Leonardo
- Place recorded
- Rome (city)
Identification
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Museum object number
- 2200-1876
- Museum system number
- O87151
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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