ITALIAN FOLDING FAN. DOUBLE WATERMARKED PAPER. RECTO IS HAND-PAINTED WITH A CENTRAL MEDAILLON, DEPICTING AMORE WHO TAKES OFF A THORN FROM VENUS  FOOT, AFTER A RAFFAELLO'S FRESCO OF THE CYCLE "LIFE OF VENUS", IN PALAZZI VATICANI, REPRESENTED AGAIN ON A FOLLOWING ENGRAVING BY MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI. VERSO ISN'T PAINTED. ROSEWOOD STICKS, WITH MOTHER OF PEARL PLAQUES ON THE PRINCIPAL GUARD STICK, AT THE TOP AND AT THE RIVET. MOP BUTTON. 1720 CA. CM 27. MAX.SPREAD  CM 46. STICKS 18+2.