Venus disarming Cupid
Maker: Killan (Possibly)
Folding fan, depicting Venus disarming Cupid.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on plain wooden sticks, with painted and varnished decoration. Guard stick with bone filet.
Possibly made by Killan/Killian of rue Phelipeaux
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 354
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1820
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
wood
Filet
composed of
bone
Sticks
Accession number: M.202-2015
Primary reference Number: 204767
Sale number: 354
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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