Batavian Revolution fan
Accessories
2024.3.25.7.AC.FA.C1785.NL
Description
Fan with paper leaf and 16 bone sticks, carved and openwork, hand painted. The first and last are openwork and on top inserted with red metallic paper. The sheet printed and enhanced by hand with gouache represents a central scene of a woman holding a stick on which is a hat. She is leaning on a column on which is found in a medallion the inscription "Rechten van den Mensch" (Human rights) and at its base the inscription "VRYJHEID" (freedom). A book is placed next to it on the cover is written "PALNE". On each side are putti holding crests, on the left is written "Kelykheid" (Holiness) and on the right "Broederschip" (Brothership). The scene is framed by two other images; one representing a naval scene flown over by a putto holding a caduceus and on the other a young woman holding a cornucopia above a field ready for harvest.On the back of the sheet is represented a column on which is a stick which appears to be a pine tree decorated at its base with two pal flags and at its top with a hat. At the foot of the column is a lion holding a sword and arrows in its paws. From January 1796, it became the symbol of the Batavian Republic.Materials
BonePaper
Metal
Origin
vers 1785 NetherlandsDimensions
Width : 3 cmLength : 50 cm
Height : 28 cm