Folding fan with a paper leaf, featuring three cartouches of gold paint on the front with pastoral scenes (fishermen, shepherdess, peasant woman) in watercolour, and the reverse side a fisherman under a tree, on a mount of pierced and relief-carved ivory with 'métal en quatre couleurs'
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The three fields on the front of the leaf are entirely in the spirit of the idealized, unspoiled country life; in the center, a gallant company fishing, left a pastoral scene with a shepherdess, right a peasant woman returning from milking with a yoke on her shoulders and full buckets in her hand. Due to the hill with the castle in the background in the fishing scene, it may be assumed that a Central or Southern European model was used for this representation. On the two medallions, it is noticeable that the scene and frame merge into each other. Around this, flower garlands are hung like festoons in trompe-l'œil with rings on head nails. On the back of the leaf, a fishing man is painted under a tree. In the center of the mount, a gallant company with two fashionably dressed women and a man with a tricorn in his hand. Further, two swans, a large classical vase, and putti with flower baskets.
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