Mythological Scene: M.233-2015

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Titles

Mythological Scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Folding fan

Categories

Fan

Description

Folding fan with a mythological scene. Depicting Cupid crowning a woman whilst Flora (?) annoints her, and another woman washes her feet.
Canepin leaf with stipple printed in two colours with painted reserves on fretted bone sticks.

Very much in the French style, but probably not French workmanship. The stipple is very unusual and the fretting does not look French. The flowers are similar to those on fans considered by some to be Swedish.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 399

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1790

Components of the work

Leaf composed of leather ( canepin)
Sticks composed of bone

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.233-2015
Primary reference Number: 204798
Sale number: 399
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 28 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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