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Diana and Endymion: M.453-2015

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Diana and Endymion

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan. Depicting Diana in her chariot visiting a sleeping Endymion.
Hand colouring etching, on bone sticks.

Notes

History note: Schreiber/Cust page 77, no. 69 Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2037

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 1740

Components of the work

Sticks composed of bone
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.453-2015
Primary reference Number: 205032
Sale number: 2037
69

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 4 August 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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