Those two brise fans were purchased thanks a tragedy: at the beginning of April 2021 died unexpectedly famous Moscow collector Olga Zateeva. Her heirs contacted me to sell some part of collection and I bought those ivory brise fans with portraits of Russian Emperor Peter I (copy of the portrait by Ivan Nikitin in Uffizi Gallery) and portrait of Russian Empress Catherine II (copy of portrait by Fiodor Rokotov from Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow).
