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Design for a fan or hand screen depicting Pythia and Eros at Delphi

Design for a fan or hand screen depicting Pythia and Eros at Delphi

(Italian, 1774–1843)
early 19th century
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink, graphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsOverall: 29.6 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineJuliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number2014.567
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned and inscribed A. Basoli/Scaramai = Specie di ventaglio/per riparare il viso dal/calore del fuoco.
Provenance1927, sold from a private collection, Bologna, to Podio (probably the dealer Publio Podio), Bologna. March 19, 1991, anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, lot 15. 1992, Mattia Jona (dealer), Milan. 1993, sold by Sisley Overseas, Inc., Lugano, Switzerland, to Nissman, Abromson, Ltd., Brookline, MA; 2014, sold by Nissman Abromson, Ltd. to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 23, 2014)