Les amours jardiniers, circa 1760-1770 Folded... Lot 32

Les amours jardiniers, circa 1760-1770 Folded fan, the leaf in skin, mounted in English style, and decorated with gouache medallions painted in grisaille of loves and portraits in the antique style, still lifes enhanced in colors. In the center, a couple is enjoying the paths of a garden in the company of a dog, a symbol of fidelity, she near an aviary, he smelling the perfume of a bouquet. The perspective opens on an alley leading to a tower. Reverse: a love in a medallion, among garlands of flowers. Cut-out, engraved, burgundy, gilded mother-of-pearl mounting decorated with portraits and loves and a soldier in cuirass crowning a woman. H.t. 27 cm-H.f. 12,1 cm (wear, small lacks, restorations)