11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2044
 

2044

The Chivalrous and Heroic Knight: An Unmounted Painted Fan Leaf, showing a depiction of the...

The Chivalrous and Heroic Knight: An Unmounted Painted Fan Leaf, showing a depiction of the French knight Bayard in the courtyard of a fortified stone building, thanking his Lady host, who is kneeling at his feet, for hospitality, whilst a page holds a fine horse at the ready. Two young ladies proffer a box of riches which he appears to refuse. Mounted horsemen with spears, ready for battle, wait at the entrance to the fortress. Possibly showing the Siege of Brescia, 1512, when Bayard protected the wife and daughters of a nobleman. The attribution written in the gorge area states "Bayard a rançon d'une dame de Brescia qui l'avait sauvé du pillage de la ville." The verso is plain.
Bottom leaf width approx. 6.25 inches or 16cm. Central depth the same.

Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1473-1574) was born at Chateau Bayard, in the Dauphiné, southern France
Not Sold

 

. Good strong colour and fine detail. Lightly creased, with several tears in the lower part of the leaf, in the dark areas after the grass. Mostly present. Some humidity soiling seen, mainly in the blank gorge area. The leaf lacks the bottom right corner.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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