405 - BEAUTIFUL FAN PRESENTED BY COUNT JOSEPH PRIMOLI (1851–1927) TO MADAME ROUX

BEAUTIFUL FAN PRESENTED BY COUNT JOSEPH PRIMOLI (1851–1927) TO MADAME ROUX A fan with a rosewood frame consisting of 17 ribs, featuring engraved decoration that is partially openwork with scrolls and floral tendrils in the Rococo style, accented with gold and silver highlights, the paper panel, titled “Armonia” and centered with a photograph depicting two women leaning on a balustrade listening to an Italian flutist, a gilded fleur-de-lis medallion, accompanied by a poem by Alfred de Musset: “Harmony! Harmony / A language that genius invented for love / Who came to us from Italy and who came to him from the heavens…,” handwritten in brown ink on the left, and a dedication, “To Madame Pauline Roux / Souvenir of Rome / Joseph Primoli,” handwritten in brown ink on the right. The sheet is marked on the back in red with the Duvelleroy label. Paris, produced by the Duvelleroy firm, late 19th or early 20th century. L 35 x W 66 cm (when open). Provenance Count Joseph Napoléon Primoli (1851–1927), amateur photographer and art collector, founder of the Napoleonic Museum in Rome (Palazzo Primoli), descendant of Lucien and Joseph Bonaparte on his mother’s side.