拍品 86
86
Ermina and the Basket-maker, a fan, the centre of the leaf a hand-coloured engraving extended in water-colour to a fan-shape, the verso of chickenskin gilt with leaves, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a lady holding an apple standing beside the altar of love with a flaming heart and with buildings, the guardsticks carved with a lady and gentleman in classical dress and backed with gold foil - 10in. (25cm.), Italian, late 18th century

細節
Ermina and the Basket-maker, a fan, the centre of the leaf a hand-coloured engraving extended in water-colour to a fan-shape, the verso of chickenskin gilt with leaves, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a lady holding an apple standing beside the altar of love with a flaming heart and with buildings, the guardsticks carved with a lady and gentleman in classical dress and backed with gold foil - 10in. (25cm.), Italian, late 18th century
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出版
Tasso, Jerualem Delivered, 7:6 ff. This episode from the romantic epic poem of the first Crusade by Tasso tells how Erminia, daughter of a Saracen king, loved by the Christian knight Trancred and, believing him to be wounded, set of to search fo him. She was disguised in armour belonging to the female warrior Clorinda. She came upon an old shepherd sitting outside his hut playing a pipe, while nearby his sons were weaving baskets.