Folding fan with double sheet of paper, with gouache on the front, a combination of scenes from the Odyssey of Homer and on the back Zephyrius holding a floral wreath above Flora, on an ivory frame ajour and in relief carved, By dividing the representation on the front of this fan into three parts, an ingenious attempt was made to create a number of scenes from the Odyssey of Homer (ca. 800? - approx. 750 v. Chr.) To merge into one. In the center, the gods decide on the intercession of Athena that the nymph Kalypso must let Odysseus go so that he can return to Ithaka (I: 1-94). On the left is a desperate Kalypso, who finds Odysseus digested and begging on the rocks by the sea and has to inform him that she will let him leave at the command of the gods (V: 151). On the right a landscape, probably representing Ithaka. The choice of subject is exceptional, since in the 17th and 18th centuries there was little interest in the Odyssey in the Netherlands and the number of images is consequently low. (G. Lairesse, Odysseus and Calypso, 1682) The central representation on the back cover is derived from the work of the poet Ovidius, who was much loved at the beginning of the 18th century (43 v. Chr-18 AD). It is a scene from his Fasti where Zephyrius, the god of the westerly wind, holds a floral wreath above Flora, the goddess of flowers, as a sign of his love. Verdelinks an arcadian landscape along the lines of the Dutch painter Isaac de Moucheron (1667-1744) and on the right a forest landscape. The story of Flora and Zephyrius will most likely have been a well-known and loved theme, the painter Philip Tideman (1657-1705) wrote in his notebook in 1699 about a commission to paint a fan that would be given by 'a Lover' to his 'beloved Virgin'. Possibly this fan has also been a gift from a lover to his life. In fact, it is striking that in both cases it was decided to depict Flora and Zephyrius on the back (thus the viewing side for the woman). The leaf on the front and the ba
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