Fernande - Venus and the tambourine


Lunghezza   cm. 35,5
Apertura      cm. 64
Stecche       16 + 2


France 1885


Leaf in black silk gauze painted in gouache. Venus, accompanied by Cupid, sits on a cloud playing a tambourine whilst a pair of cherub approach, holding a strand of flowers.
The sticks are in painted and carved wood and partially gilded.
Signed by Fernande. 
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