ITALIAN FOLDING FAN (VENICE). DOUBLE PAPER LEAF WITH TEXTILE FIBRES. ON RECTO PROBABLY M.ANTONIO GIUSTINIAN, DOGE OF VENICE FROM 1684 TO 1688, OR PETER THE GREAT, VISITING VENICE IN 1688. ON THE RIGHT RONCADE CASTLE, OWNED BY GIUSTINIAN FAMILY. BEHIND HIM, A VIEW OF PALAZZO DUCALE, AND INTO THE OVAL ON THE BACK OF THE THRONE, A PARTICULAR ONLY JUST TRACED OF "GIANTS STAIRS": THEY ARE ALL PLACES WHERE DOGE IS CROWNED. THE WHOLE IN A FREE REPRESENTATION OF "THE CONTINENCE OF SCIPIO". ON THE EXTREME LEFT UPWARDS, IT'S DEPICTED A LITTLE SCREEN, WHERE WE CAN SEE A PARTICULAR OF RIALTO BRIDGE IN VENICE. AN OTHER CURIOUS PARTICULAR IS A VERY LITTLE PAPER INSERT WHICH WAS USED TO RESTORE THE LEAF ON THE BOTTOM, AT LEFT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY  TORNED OFF THE CONTEST, BUT ITS COLOUR MAKES IT INVISIBLE: REALLY THERE IS A WONDERFUL PUTTO PAINTED ON WITH PALE GOLDEN TONES. ON VERSO A MARKET SETTED IN A BUCOLIC SCENE, WITH A TYPICAL VENETIAN "CASINO", IN FASHION ON THAT PERIOD (DURING 1678 GIUSTINIANS WERE ENTITLED FROM VENETIAN SENATO TO ESTABLISH THE MARKET IN RONCADE). THE STICKS, A MASTERPIECE, ARE IN IVORY WITH DOUBLE COLUMNS SHAPED STICKS, DECORATED AS THE VENETIAN MOORING POSTS FOR GONDOLAS, ALTERNATE TO FULL STICKS, WITH DECORATIONS OF MUSETTES (SMALL CORNAMUSES AT THAT TIME ON FASHION IN EVERY EUROPEAN COURT), ANIMALS, BUTTERFLIES,FLOWERS, SHELLS AND CORAL BRANCHES, ALL INCRUSTED WITH TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF VALUABLE MOTHER OF PEARL: ALIOTIDE, WITH GREEN NUANCES, AND TROCHIDE, WITH PINK NUANCES. ON THE STICKS VERSO THERE ARE THE CONTOURS OF THE RECTO DRAWINGS. SILVER RIVET AND BUTTON WITH TWO DIAMOND CUT ROCK CRYSTALS SETTED. ON THE PRINCIPAL GUARD STICK THERE ARE THREE SMALL HOLES WHICH DENOTE THE MISSING OF A MONOGRAM. 1735 CA. CM 25,6 - 19 + 2.