Antique 18th -Early 19th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting aprés Vigee LeBrum, in Bronze Frame 1878 Paris Expo A beautiful set of vintage

A beautiful set of vintage (1944

and important

and the tiny carving is truly a Master's work

The smaller the scale

I will point out immediately that there has been an effort at restoration of what may have been a hole or small tear at the chin of portrait

Antique 18th -Early 19th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting aprés Vigee LeBrum, in Bronze Frame 1878 Paris Expo A beautiful set of vintageOne sees this exquisite little painting and instantly the art historian will say it is after work by French 18th century artist, Vigee LeBrun. Vigee was daughter of Charles LeBrun, also a court artist of great and lasting fame, Vigee became Marie Antoinette's favorite and Court portraitist. I searched the image and was unable to find an original of just this pose but I, too, think it would have been a later 1700s to perhaps mid 1800s miniature