Trompe l'oeil folding fan, by Francesco Stagni

An image of Fans/Trompe l'oeil folding fan. Stagni, Francesco (Italian). Dated 1771 on front and back and signed by Francesco Stagni. The design includes a circular vignette with two young boys holding a branch and what looks like a plough. The remainder of the fan is decorated with overlapping drawings, and strings of coloured pearls on a pink diamond trellis background. The overall design gives the impression of a desk scattered with paper. The design on the back includes a drawing of a letter, headed 'Bologna, June 1771', and is signed 'Gaspare Lamar'. Drawn and painted in polychrome bodycolour on chicken skin. Sticks and guards are made of ivory and pierced gilt, length, guards, 28.4 cm, width, whole, 52.0 cm, 1771.

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Fans/Trompe l'oeil folding fan. Stagni, Francesco (Italian). Dated 1771 on front and back and signed by Francesco Stagni. The design includes a circular vignette with two young boys holding a branch and what looks like a plough. The remainder of the fan is decorated with overlapping drawings, and strings of coloured pearls on a pink diamond trellis background. The overall design gives the impression of a desk scattered with paper. The design on the back includes a drawing of a letter, headed 'Bologna, June 1771', and is signed 'Gaspare Lamar'. Drawn and painted in polychrome bodycolour on chicken skin. Sticks and guards are made of ivory and pierced gilt, length, guards, 28.4 cm, width, whole, 52.0 cm, 1771.

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Accession Number: M.2-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 636 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 219.48kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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