Add to albumFolding fan with double leaf of chicken skin, sticks and guards of carved and painted mother of pearl.
The leaf is painted with a scene showing Alexander the Great meeting Diogenes in his barrel. The guards are inlaid with gilded metal.
Record details
To search on related items, click any underlined text below.
- Online ID: 000-100-101-280-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
Project description View all records in project
- Ref: National Museums Scotland A.1996.357 A
- Date: 1740
- Material: Chicken skin. Inscription: F P Valori, Rome, 1740
Fan / fan case
- Dimensions: 11.50"
- What: Fan / fan case
- Subject:
- Who: Alexander
Diogenes
F.P. Valori, Rome, Italy (Maker)
Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection
- Where: Italy, Rome
- Event:
- Description: Fan of chicken skin leaf painted with Alexander and Diogenes, the reverse with villas and a landscape, in a case, part of the Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection: Italian, Rome, by F.P. Valori, 1740
- References:
- Translations:
- Related Records: