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Attributed to Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis

Design for Fan, ca. 1690-1710

Description

Maker

  • Attributed to Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis, 1680–1732, French

Title

Design for Fan

Year

ca. 1690-1710

Medium

Pen and ink over graphite on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pencil,
  • pen and ink

Supports

  • paper

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1994.036.9

About

As trade with East Asia increased in the late 1600s, European artists adapted Asian motifs and forms in a style known as chinoiserie. This semicircular French designs depicting an imagined Asian court would have been pleated and attached to ribs to make folding fans, a Japanese form.

The drawing features a hunting scene in the center, with a pack of wild dogs dodging figures wielding arrows and spears. The artist made notes about court protocol on other fan designs, suggesting that they could refer to a specific event. This may have been a visit to Versailles in 1686 by the ambassadors of Siam (now Thailand).

Emily Banas

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