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ITALIAN FOLDING FAN. FILIGREE PAPER SIMPLE LEAF, MOUNTED A' L'ANGLAISE. GILT RIBS. VERSO DEPICTS THE MYTHOLOGICAL THEME OF ANDROMEDA AND PERSEUS. THE TALE TELLS THAT CASSIOPEA, BOASTING HERSELF OF HER OWN BEAUTY BOTHERED NEREIDIS, WHO ASKED TO POSEIDON TO PUNISH HER. SO, HE SENT THE SEA MONSTER TO DEVASTATE THE KINGDOM OF CEFEO, CASSIOPEA'S HUSBAND, WHO ASKED TO THE ORACLE WHAT HE COULD DO TO SAVE IT. THE LAST ONE ANSWERED THAT CEFEO WAS OBLIGED TO SACRIFY HIS DAUGHTER ANDROMEDA, CHAINING HER TO A ROCK-CLIFF. SHE WAS SAVED BY PERSEUS, WHO PETRIFIED THE MONSTER WITH MEDUSA'S HEAD. THIS THEME WAS LATER TAKEN BACK BY LUDOVICO ARIOSTO IN "ORLANDO FURIOSO", WITH RUGGIERO AND ORLANDO SAVING ANGELICA AND OLIMPIA FROM ORCA. THE LEAF IS RICHLY DECORATED WITH REAL GOLD FLORAL APPLICATIONS. CARVED IVORY STICKS. MOP WASHED. 1680/90 CA. CM. 27,7. MAX SPREAD CM. 49,5. STICKS 20+2. |