Hand screen depicting Dorval and Lucile, c.1769-c.1781. Cardboard hand screen covered with paper, showing an oval cut engraving of a scene from the French comedy 'Lucile' by Jean François Marmontel (1723-1799). Lucile, her father Timantes, her beloved Dorval and his father have lunch. Limewood handle. The play 'Lucile' was translated into Dutch in 1781 and published in Amsterdam. The story is set in France 'in the house of Timantes, on his estate'.
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