Important collector's fan

silk page, painted recto with six medallions with portraits of noblewomen and noblemen amidst Arcadian-style allegorical scenes and triumphs of musical instruments, golden background embellished with micro sequins and beads; on the reverse painted with six oval medallions in monochrome blue and magenta with landscapes among birds and floral motifs; cues and cues finely pierced, carved and highlighted in gold with triumphs with military subjects and applications of micro mirrors, some defects; equipped with brass pedestal and the text mentioned in the bibliography

h cm 25x48

Provenance: Serristori Collection Florence; Pitti Auction House Florence, 1980Published in: W. Settimelli and F. Zevi, The Alinari photographers in Florence, 1852-1920. Florence: 1977. pp 132, 136-137To retire to in an apartment in the historic center of Florence, in the Ponte Vecchio area. Disassembly and handling at the buyer's expense.