Fan leaf in paper decorated with a watercolor painting depicting a hunting scene in the Chantilly forest in the background is the castle with its chapel and the statue of Constable Anne de Montmorency (created by Paul Dubois in 1886 following a commission from Henri d’Orléans, Duke of Aumale, the castle owner).

Among the hunters, one can recognize the Duke and Duchess of Chartres, the Prince of Joinville, and perhaps the Count of Eu, as well as members of the hunting party.

Signed Bedel for the French painter Marie Augustin Bedel

Dated and located in Chantilly 1897

Good condition (framed and under glass; frame is slightly damaged)

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Two other fans by this artist with very similar compositions are known: one, mounted on wood, is held in the collections of the Musée Carnavalet (inv. EV665), and the other, unmounted, was sold at Sotheby’s in 2011.

https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/venerie-d-orleans#infos-principales
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/orfvrerie-europenne-botes-en-or-et-objets-de-vitrine/lot.22.html?locale=en