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Painted by T. Higuerau
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This modest example embodies the characteristic vigor of Spanish fan making. The humorous hand-painted image on the parchment leaf is signed by a Spanish fan-painter, Higuerau, who has replicated and extended the popular oil painting, "The Choice of a Model" (1868-74) by Mariano Fortuny y Marsal.
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Title: Fan
Artist:
Painted by T. Higuerau
Date: ca. 1875
Culture: Spanish
Medium: Parchment, paint, mother-of-pearl, gilt, metal
Dimensions: 23 x 12 1/2 in. (58.4 x 31.8 cm)
Classification: Fans
Credit Line: From the Collection of Ella Wolcott Clark Rogers, Gift of Ella Mabel Clark, 1948
Accession Number: 48.58.4
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