Brisé fan, with representations of classical figures flanking Venus and Cupid
ca. 1795 - 1800
Medium
PIerced, carved, gilded and painted ivory; painted paper; metal
Dimensions
confirmed: 9 3/4 in. × 17 in. × 1 1/2 in. (24.8 × 43.2 × 3.8 cm)
Classification
Fans
Culture
Chinese, for British market
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, 1965
Accession Number
65.80.13
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About the Artist
Angelica Kauffmann · 1741–1807
Swiss painter and etcher, and one of the few women artists of the time working in the Neo-Classical style to specialize in both portraits and subject pictures. Her famous sitters include the family of George III in Britain, Grand-Duke Paul and Prince Nikolay Yusupov in Russia, Stanislav II Poniatowski and Stanislav Kostka Potocki in Poland, Queen Caroline of Naples and Emperor Joseph II of Austria...