Italy’s fans have been painted by the finest artists of their time. The earlier mounts were generally of ‘chicken-skin’ or vellum, the paintings carried out in gouache or water-colors. They copied the real colors from frescoes (painting on the wall)-black, rust-red (fig.3) etc.
Figure 3, An Italian fan of about 1725 with a painted leaf of chicken skin showing the eruption of Vesuvius and a group of Neapolitan
fishermen watching the spectacle.
The sticks of carved or fretted bone or ivory, displaying a large central vignette when unfolded. These vignettes were hand-painted.
Occasionally fine fan leaves never mounted as a fan.(fig.4)
Figure 4, a well-engraved fan leaf showing a view of Venice during the annual celebration of the Marriage of Venice with the Adriatic in 18 century.
Figure 3, An Italian fan of about 1725 with a painted leaf of chicken skin showing the eruption of Vesuvius and a group of Neapolitan
fishermen watching the spectacle.
The sticks of carved or fretted bone or ivory, displaying a large central vignette when unfolded. These vignettes were hand-painted.
Occasionally fine fan leaves never mounted as a fan.(fig.4)
Figure 4, a well-engraved fan leaf showing a view of Venice during the annual celebration of the Marriage of Venice with the Adriatic in 18 century.
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