Folding fan with leaf on which watercolor in Vertumnus & Pomona, on a carved and silver-gold and gold-plated frame of mother-of-pearl, on a carved and leaf silver and gold frame with mother-of-pearl. 22 contiguous legs, cut out and ajour worked. The parchment leaf is painted with watercolors. In his 'Metamorphoses' (XIV: 623-771) Ovid recounts the countless forms that the god Vertumnus had to take before he could win over the nymph Pomona. only after he had made a plea for love in the shape of an old woman and then assumed the form of a young man did Pomona become his. The front of the fan is a Bloemaert-like performance. On the reverse of the sheet are a shepherd and a remnant depicted in a Boucher-like performance. On the front of the sheet, a particularly finely painted, ornamental border including two mermaids in the left-hand corner and a deer followed by a dog in the right-hand corner ensures the transition between the performance and the frame. The frame is strikingly decorated with winding ribbons, with flowers and insects in between. In the central field most likely the signing of a marriage contract. Due to the presence of the matchmaker, a connection is made with the scene on the magazine at Vertumnus, in the guise of an old woman, acting as his own matchmaker. [see lit. 1992], anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1750, blad, montuur, sluitpin, grinding, s 52 cm × l 28.4 cm

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