ITALIAN FOLDING FAN "GRAND TOUR". HAND-PAINTED SWANSKIN DOUBLE LEAF. ON RECTO A VIEW OF CYBELE'S TEMPLE AT THE BOCCA DELLA VERITA' SQUARE (ROME), SURROUNDED BY NEOCLASSICAL DECORATIONS AND POMPEIAN STYLE MEDAILLONS. ON VERSO THE CECILIA METELLA'S TOMB ON VIA APPIA ANTICA (ROME). (SEE THE ETCHINGS OF G.B. PIRANESI - 1758 AND 1762). IVORY STICKS. MOP BUTTON. THE FAN WAS BOUGHT AT SOTHEBY'S IN 1958. 1760/70 CA. CM 27,5. MAX SPREAD CM 47. STICKS 14 + 2.