Lot n° 24
Estimation :
400 - 500
EUR
Bacchus and Ariadne, Europe, circa 1750
Folded... - Lot 24 - Coutau-Bégarie
Bacchus and Ariadne, Europe, circa 1750
Folded fan, the skin sheet painted with gouache of Ariadne and Bacchus on a chariot drawn by panthers being watered by children. Border of flowers and bunches of grapes pecked by a parrot.
Reverse: lovers offer a basket of grapes to a young woman.
White mother-of-pearl frame, cut, pierced, engraved and gilded, decorated with baskets and flowers. In the center, a young man and two young girls in conversation are spied on by a small onlooker hidden behind a tree.
H.t. 29.8 cm - H.f. 14.6 cm (restorations)
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