PROJECT FOR A FAN PAINTED BY ANNA MARIA DEPRATO, DATED FLORENCE, 2-24-1913, AND STAMPED BY THE INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS OF FLORENCE. UPWARDS AT THE LEFT WE CAN READ: "MODEL OF A COMPOSITION FOR A FAN IN LOUIS XV STYLE, WHICH WILL BE PAINTED ON WHITE SILK AND MOUNTED WITH GILDED IVORY. A.M.DEPRATO WAS BORN IN POLA (AUSTRIA, AT THAT TIME) AT THE END OF XIX CENTURY AND SHE GOT HER DIPLOMA AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS OF FLORENCE IN 1914 (SECTION: DECORATIVE PAINTING). SHE QUALIFIED FOR THE TEACHING IN 1919. LATER SHE ENTERED THE MONASTERY OF VISITAZIONE DELLE SALESIANE IN MASSA E COZZILE (PISTOIA, TUSCANY, ITALY) AS CLOISTERED NUN. THE DESIGN WAS GIVEN TO ME AS A PRESENT BY THE MAESTRO PROF. GIANFRANCO BONELLI, PAINTER, DEAR FRIEND AND ONCE MY ART AND HISTORY TEACHER, WHO WAS PUPIL OF A DEPRATO'S STUDENT. CM 48 x 31.