Fan

ca. 1818

Not on view

A rare survival celebrating Rossini's opera, The Barber of Seville, this French fan intentionally harkens to Spanish design and is inscribed with the title, character names, and even part of the score of the opera. The printer and publisher Fernando Coustellier, who has signed and dated the fan, belonged to a long-established Parisian family of fan-makers. Soon after making this fan, he moved premises around 1830 to Valencia. In this example, Coustellier's print has been colorfully hand-tinted.

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Title: Fan
Maker: Fernando Coustellier and Co.
Date: ca. 1818
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper; painted parchment (verso); ivory, silver
Dimensions: 8 1/2 × 16 1/4 in. (21.6 × 41.3 cm)
Classification: Fans
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Thomas Hunt, 1933
Object Number: 33.82.6
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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