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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 4428490, member: 7724&quot;]Giovanni Antonio Vanoni (1810 - 1886) was a decorator-painter from Southern Switzerland. chapels, churches, wooden stables, houses - everything needed a bit of paint. </p><p>like many of the Ticinesi from the Alpine valleys he went to the cities of Northern Italy to earn more - the Ticino was an a bsolute poor house in his days.</p><p>after his return to the Ticino region with his wife - a cousin of his - and ten children - no televisione yet - there seems to be known one journey only to Paris in 1860 to show some of his children the city.</p><p>Adrien Rodien was a wellknown éventailliste (fanmaker) in Paris in the period.</p><p>it wasn&#039;t unusual in those days to work when travelling around, so the possibility exists that you have an ultra-rare one painted by Vanoni staying in Paris for a short time.</p><p><br /></p><p>it should be looked at by a qualified specialist either in Paris - Drouot e.g. -or Switzerland - Christie&#039;s Geneva or Zurich.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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