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Brisé Fan
Also titled Briséwaaier
c. 1795
- Medium
- ivory, gilding (material), oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- fan
- Dimensions
- height 22.5 cm x width 37.5 cm x depth 2.8 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Van Braam Houckgeest Family, the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, the K.F. Hein Fonds, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
A brisé (French: ‘broken’) fan consists of ivory sticks connected at the top and bottom. The central scene is based on a painting by the Swiss artist Angelica Kauffmann. In the late 18th century, her works were extremely popular and frequently copied.
