Maker: Unknown
Double leaf of paper painted in bodycolour, silvered and gilt.
Gold paper binding on upper edge. Sticks and guards of mother-of-pearl (12+2), shaped, pierced, silvered and gilt; the sticks also backed by iridescent shell. Rivet set with clear pastes. Front: Painted overall with an idyllic pastoral scene. On the left, on the banks of a stream, a shepherd boy lies on his stomach turning his head towards the viewer. His crook lies on the ground beside him and behind him there are two sheep and bushes. In the middle a shepherd kneels to a shepherdess who is seated on the side of a monument or fountain. Cupid sits beside them, holding a dove and a boy peers at them from behind a tree. On the right, a boy plays the flute to a girl seated beside him on a bank. Borders of gold and red lines with flowers and foliage at intervals and a gold and silver hatching on the outer edges. Reverse: Painted overall with a landscape featuring an island in a lake or river. In the middle of it, a young man holds out an open cage to a lady seated on a bank beside a tree. Borders of pink flowers and foliage on all sides. Sticks: Each bears two oval medallions showing two different motifs, the lower row includes, male and female heads, probably of theatrical characters, theatrical trophies, and flaming urns, the upper row, fruit, female heads, ewers, cocks and a patera. At the bottom there are smaller motifs, including flowers, musical instruments and insects.Guards: On the lower part, a flower, a rabbit and a patera. On the upper part a trophy, a Pierrot and a half length male portrait in an oval frame (different on each guard).
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, third quarter#
Louis XV
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
The central figures were taken from one of a set of four engravings by Claude Duflos, le jeune (1700-86) 'Les Amours Pastorales', after Francois Boucher (1703-70). It was inscribed with a verse beginning 'Silvandre heureux amant, que rien ne t'inquiete'.
Leaf
composed of
paper
( gold)
bodycolour
Sticks
composed of
shell
( iridescent)
Sticks+guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Guards
Length 27.0 cm
Accession number: M.327-1985
Primary reference Number: 117912
Old catalogue number: DR 30/394
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Folding fan" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/117912 Accessed: 2024-12-22 19:33:56
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/117912
|title=Folding fan
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 19:33:56|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-117912
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...