Fan painted at distemper on kid’s skin. The genre scene represents the visit of two squires to a farm. The precision in recreating the dresses of the characters, it helps us in putting the object in the European central area. Particularly, the young shepherdess on the right, has a headgear which reminds the Tyrolean hats still used nowadays. In the background, there’s a male figure which is very modern and it interests a lot. At the sides, two neoclassical decorations, really far for color and composition from the corresponding French ones, close the scene. The ivory sticks are sculpted and gold damascened
"Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail."
Leonardo Da Vinci
