ITALIAN FOLDING FAN (ROME). SWANSKIN DOUBLE LEAF, HAND PAINTED IN THE STYLE OF THOMAS BIGATTI. COMING FROM THE FAMILY OF THE PRINCES TORRE AND TASSO (Thurn and Taxis). ON THE FRONT THERE ARE ORNAMENTS IN RENAISSANCE STYLE AND GROTESQUES IN POMPEIAN STYLE, AS WELL AS A CENTRAL CARTRIDGE REPRESENTING THE ARCH ( OR TEMPLE ) OF JANUS QUADRIFRONTE. IN THE XIII CENTURY THIS MONUMENT WAS INTEGRATED IN THE FAMILY FRANGIPANE’S FORTIFIED POSSESSIONS, WHICH STRETCHED ON THE PALATINE HILL IN ROME; FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE ARCHES OF THE MONUMENT WERE BRICKED UP. AS A RESULT OF AN ICONOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IS CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT IN 1637 IS CONSIDERED THAT THE ARCH WAS ORIGINALLY STRUCTURED IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IN 1827 WERE HELD TO BE REMOVED ALL THE NOT ORIGINATING STRUCTURES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY DURING THIS WORK WAS LOST EVEN WHAT REMAINED OF THE ATTIC, INCORRECTLY INTERPRETED AS ONE OF THE MEDIEVAL ADDITIONS. CARVED IVORY CARVED FRAME WITH ATTRIBUTES OF LOVE ON THE GUARDS. SO WE CAN SUPPOSE THAT THE FAN WAS GIVEN AS A PRESENT FOR AN ENGAGEMENT. ON THE BACK, IN THE CENTER, A FLORAL EMBLEM, WHILE ON THE SIDES THERE ARE MANY WRITINGS WITH A DATE (1785) AND VARIOUS NAMES, INCLUDING “MS (OR “I”) BOHUSH”. THIS ONE WAS A JEWISH FAMILY BELONGING TO THE HASIDIC DYNASTY, COMING FROM THE CITY OF BOHUSI IN ROMANIA. 1785. CM. 28 x 47. STICKS 14+2