细节
A German fan
the leaf painted with six vignettes, possibly illustrating a play, each inscribed with captions in verse in old German, one in French: the first scene shows a valet collecting boots from a cobbler, the second elegant figures in Court mourning with an emissary, the third the emissary with the Prince and another figure, the verso with a lady standing at the balcony of Hotel de Labes pouring water over ducks, one with the face of a gentleman, the central panel shows a Court scene with a clavicord and the final shows the emissary greeting a cleric: "..Monsieur l'Abbe si vous trouvez au Souper qu'en quatorze jours je veut donner", with wooden sticks - 11in. (28cm.), German, circa 1775 (leaf torn and sticks damaged)
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the leaf painted with six vignettes, possibly illustrating a play, each inscribed with captions in verse in old German, one in French: the first scene shows a valet collecting boots from a cobbler, the second elegant figures in Court mourning with an emissary, the third the emissary with the Prince and another figure, the verso with a lady standing at the balcony of Hotel de Labes pouring water over ducks, one with the face of a gentleman, the central panel shows a Court scene with a clavicord and the final shows the emissary greeting a cleric: "..Monsieur l'Abbe si vous trouvez au Souper qu'en quatorze jours je veut donner", with wooden sticks - 11in. (28cm.), German, circa 1775 (leaf torn and sticks damaged)
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