Carnival of street Saint Antoine in Paris, fan project, circa 1670-80
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Carnival of street Saint Antoine in Paris, fan project, circa 1670-80
Project fan on paper : the masquerades of the street Saint Antoine seen at the convent of Visitation Sisters with the Bastille in the background
Ink drawing, gray and brown wash on paper, applied on cardboard
Condition : some spots and tears
Size : 26 x 49,5 cm
With modern frame (size total : 42 x 65,5 cm)
We know 2 others similar fan leaves, painted : one is conserved in Musée Canavalet (Paris) and one in Château de Laas (shown during the exhibition Le siècle d'or de l'éventail in Musée Cognacq Jay and its catalogue Le siècle d'or de l'éventail by G. Letourmy Bordier and J. De Los Llanos, Edition Lafon 2013, p. 62-63 ; and in the book Autant en emporte le vent, Eventails, Histoire du goût, Ed Somogy 2004, p 23)
