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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1620; Classification(s): fans, screen fan, printing, Fixed fan with double printed paper leaf of violin-shaped with applied oval printed and painted paper motifs on each side; dark crimson silk fringe on outer curved edges; turned boxwood handle with a loose ring.; Acquisition: given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1988-12-05, Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum [M.23-1988]
Description: Double printed paper leaf of violin-shaped with applied oval printed and painted paper motifs on each side; dark crimson silk fringe on outer curved edges; turned boxwood handle with a loose ring. On one side, an applied coat-of-arms, azure, a bend, within an oval laurel wreath, flanked by seated men, each holding a bunch of grapes in the hand nearest to the arms and a cornucopia in the other arm; in the background, fruiting vine, scrolls and swags of fruit. Below, four putti play round a leopard; landscape background with buildings. On the other side, there is an applied coat-of-arms, azure, within a laurel wreath, flanked by a seated women, the one on the right holding a cornucopia, the other, a mirror; above, a blindfolded Cupid is flanked by putti. In the spaces there are military trophies, swags and scrolls. Below the arms sits an oval panel. Below the Judgement of Paris within a cartouche with a scrolled frame and a shell at the top and a grotesque mask at the bottom. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | fans Unknown screen fan | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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