Detail of a fan

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Detail of carved, pierced, painted and gilded fan sticks.

Young man seated playing a hurdy gurdy with cherubs and sheep against a background of scrolls.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-130-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• 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
  
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