Fans

Feather fans on Heraldic Art.

Hand Fans Throughout the Ages class by Jeanne Sorel.

"The Art of Sword and Fan" by Lady Elspeth Swann

 

Fan fragment (Brooklyn Museum 1995.47.88). Peru - 600-1000

Figural pillow (Harn 2006.27.6). China - 12th-14th C. 

Vase (V&A Museum 97-1887). China - 1368-1644

Chinese Lady with a Fan (LACMA M.73.5.587). Iran - 1470-90 

Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist (Rijksmuseum RP-P-2016-49-39-4). Germany - 1493

Fan with orchids (Museum für Asiatische Kunst 1988-380). China - 16th C. 

Laura da Pola by Lorenzo Lotto (Pinacoteca di Brera 373). Italy - 1543-44

Fan design (National Museum NMH CC 2754C). France - ca. 1550-75

Fan (Louvre MRR 199; CL 13550; ECL 13550). 1580

Türke, auf einem Teppich sitzrend, Türkisches Manierenbuch (UniKassel Versitat 4° Ms. hist. 31. 326:160r). 1595

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (Bavarian State Painting Collections 987). Spain - 1599 

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