WEDDING FOLDING FAN PRODUCED BY DUVELLEROY'S LONDON SEAT. DOUBLE PAPER LEAF GOUACHE PAINTED. ON RECTO, IN THE MIDDLE, A MITHOLOGYCAL SCENE WHICH REPRESENTS VENUS TRIUMPH. THE MAIN PERSONAGES SYMBOLIZE MARS AND VENUS IN A FREE INTERPRETATION OF "NOZZE DI ALESSANDRO E ROSSANA" DRAWED FROM THE HOMONYMOUS PAINTING MADE BY JULIEN DE PARME IN 1768, INSPIRED TO THE SODOMA FRESCO, TAKEN FROM A STUDY OF RAFFAELLO. AT THE SIDES, FOUR SCENES WITH A SEASONS ALLEGORY JOINTED WITH MITHOLOGYCAL FIGURES: CERERE, FERTILITY GODDESS, DIANA, HUNTING GODDESS, CONCORDIA (OR DEMETRA) AND SPRING. ON VERSO A CASTLE: CHAUMONT (?) OWNED IN 1560 TO CATERINA DE MEDICI; PIERREFONDS (?); OR MOST PROBABLY AN ENGLISH CASTLE, BEING THE FAN MANUFACTURED IN LONDON. MOTHER OF PEARL STICKS, CARVED, PIERCED AND GOLD AND SILVER ENCRUSTED. ENCLOSED ZYRCONS. UNDER THE CASE THERE IS AN HAND-WRITTEN NAME: N. RUVE (OR RUBE) 1860. CM 50 x 26.