Sleeping Endymion, ca. 1700-1720
Sleeping Endymion, ca. 1700-1720
Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in the English style, and painted of the shepherd Endymion dreaming under a tree, whose love unveils his body to offer it to the eyes of Venus.
Additions along the edge of bunches of grapes and horn of plenty, in embossed and gilded paper.
Ivory* frame with silver quilted decoration. Applied plumes of mother-of-pearl motifs.
H.t. 28 cm-H.F. 15.3 cm (accident, missing parts and restorations) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Sleeping Endymion, ca. 1700-1720
Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in the English style, and painted of the shepherd Endymion dreaming under a tree, whose love unveils his body to offer it to the eyes of Venus.
Additions along the edge of bunches of grapes and horn of plenty, in embossed and gilded paper.
Ivory* frame with silver quilted decoration. Applied plumes of mother-of-pearl motifs.
H.t. 28 cm-H.F. 15.3 cm (accident, missing parts and restorations) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.