Image
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
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Materials
Supports
Type
Credit
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Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund
Object Number
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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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