Offered by Galerie Théorème
          
        FRANCE 
Gouache-painted fan depicting the abduction of Europa by Jupiter. The openwork mother-of-pearl strands are enhanced with two golds depicting a gallant scene surrounded by foliage. 
The reverse is decorated with another gouache depicting a woman crowned by an angel in a landscape framed by a frieze of flowering foliage. 
18th century circa 1760
Dimensions open 47 cm total height of one strand 25 cm.