FRENCH FOLDING FAN (PERHAPS FOR SPANISH MARKET), PAPER DOUBLE LEAF (RECTO IN CABRETILLE) COMPLETELY HAND-PAINTED. ONLY THE CENTRAL PART UNDER THE PICTURE IS AN ETCHING AND POINTILLISM, AN OLDER PROCESS THAN LITHOGRAPHY, ALREADY IN USE ON XVIII CENTURY AND BEEN IN VOGUE WITH F. BARTOLOZZI. ON RECTO A GENTLEMAN COMING BACK HIS MILITAR EXPLOITS (HE WEARS ESTE-LORENA COLOURS) OFFERS JEWELS AND MONEY TO HIS LOVER. STANDING BEHIND HER (PERHAPS) THE MOTHER OR THE NURSE, TAKES CARE OF HER, AND A CHURCH TOWER WITH A CROSS ON THE BACK INVITES TO THE HOLY DUTIES OF WEDDING. AN EPIC TRANSPOSITION OF BIBLIC SCENE OF JACOBS WHO ASKS FOR REBECCA'S HAND. WE COULD ALSO RECOGNIZE A REFERENCE TO "GERUSALEMME LIBERATA", WHICH TASSO DEDICATED TO ALFONSO OF ESTE. IN 1812 BEATRICE OF SAVOIA MARRIED FRANCESCO IV OF ESTE. ON VERSO, A PASTORAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE WITH TWO FEMALE FIGURES (VENUS AND JUNO?) AND THREE PUTTI, TWO OF THEM IN A BASKET AND ONE HOLDED BY THE WINGS (ALMOST A TRANSPOSITION OF THE FAMOUS SUBJECT "THE AMORINI'S VENDOR"). TO NOTE THE CAMEOS IN POMPEIAN STYLE, TWO OF WHICH WITH BURNING TORCHES,  INTENSE LOVE SYMBOLS. MOTHER-OF-PEARL STICKS, GOLD DAMASKED AND PAINTED WITH SMALL FLOWERS. GOLDEN METAL GUARD STICKS, WITH PIERCED GOLD FILIGREE APPLIED AND NINE AMETHYSTS EACH ONE. MOTHER-OF-PEARL BUTTON. 1815/25 CA. CM 21,5 X 40,5