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Trompe l'oeil fan: M.384-2015

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Trompe l'oeil fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Artaza, Michel

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Description

Folding fan with a trompe l'oeil (optical illusion) of portraits, a playing card, and a map. Text in French and Italian.
Chicken skin leaf with uncoloured and hand coloured etchings against a painted background. On ivory sticks.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 95

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 1770

Components of the work

Leaf composed of chicken skin
Sticks composed of ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.384-2015
Primary reference Number: 204954
Sale number: 95

Audit data

Created: Friday 31 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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