Fan with depiction of Spanish folk costume

early 19th century

Not on view

The figures decorating this fan were copied from an 1801 publication titled “General Collection of the Costumes Currently Worn in Spain,” a book that contributed to establishing a national iconography of folk costume. Although the published plates by Antonio Rodríguez present individuals, the fan designer has arranged them into couples representing different regions of Spain. The fan participates in a tradition of costumbrismo, a pictorial and literary genre focused on regional particularities that developed in the Hispanic world in the nineteenth century. The distinctive sticks of this fan, richly decorated with spangles and intertwining metallic serpents, as well as the touches of gold on the leaf, would give it a reflective quality when in use.

Artwork Details

Overview

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Provenance

Title: Fan with depiction of Spanish folk costume
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Spanish
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph; hand-painted parchment; ivory, gold leaf, sequins, silver gilt, enamel, mother-of-pearl, silver luster paper, metal
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 9 in. (41.9 x 22.9 cm)
Classification: Fans
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs.Henry J. Bernheim, 1959
Object Number: 59.13.2
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

More Artwork

From the same time and place

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Jewish Woman of Algiers, Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier French, Algerian onyx-marble, bronze, gilt bronze, enamel, and amethyst eyes; white marble socle, French, Paris — Jewish Woman of Algiers
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
Charles-François Rossigneux
1862

Fan commemorating the 1855 Universal Exhibition, Brioude-Laguérie French, hand-colored and gilded lithograph; ivory; mother-of-pearl, French — Fan commemorating the 1855 Universal Exhibition
Brioude-Laguérie
Alphonse Guilletat
1855

Woman from the French Colonies, Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier French, Algerian onyx-marble, bronze, and enamel; white marble socle, French, Paris — Woman from the French Colonies
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier
Charles-François Rossigneux
1861

Cup, Gold, partly enameled and set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls, sardonyx, and glass, European — Cup
European
second half 19th century

Ewer, François-Desiré Froment-Meurice, Silver gilt, French, Paris — Ewer
François-Desiré Froment-Meurice
ca. 1850

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.