Drawing, fan, medley, map, Polidoro da Caravaggio, between 1790 and 1810

Mounted fan-leaf, with a medley of images drawn to look like etchings against a map of southern europe; at centre, polidoro's lost fresco from the palazzo milesi; at left, a scene with two cupids and a scene with a woman writing a song; at right, a cupid with a lyre and a scene with a sphinx; the effect is trompe l'œil. 1790-1810 brush drawing in colour on skin. Date: between 1790 and 1810. Dimensions: Height: 261 mm (sheet); Width: 550 mm (sheet). Medium: skin. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, fan, medley, map (BM 1871,0429.860.a)