Anonymous 18th century European
Anonymous 18th century European

Anonymous 18th century European

Max. dimension 56.5 cm

Overall height 30.1 cm

Country height 14.3 cm

No. of rods 24 (12+2)

Carved and fretworked fan with decoration based on painting in different tonalities, where two men seated and facing each other in a gesture of playing music with a wind instrument can be seen among the vegetation. Two medallions with musical scores and other elements flank the central group of musicians. The guards are decorated with carving, fretwork and painting where two male characters of the XVIII century are represented between rockeries and flowers.

Landscape on paper decorated with original gouache painting. On the front side, a standing man is represented leaning on his staff in dialogue with a seated lady holding a small basket with four objects, both with simple clothes. The reverse shows another painting with a small landscape. One of its rods presents a lack of fretwork material that only affects some plants, not the main figures (see the last photograph where this is pointed out with a pencil).