Antique Portrait Miniature, Woman in Lace Bonnet with Cute Dog, in 19th Century French Frame Oil painting New Zealand and wouldn't with this one

and wouldn't with this one for fear of it falling apart

We've owned and sold several works similar to this by famed listed French Animalier sculptor

it's been very well treasured since Napoleon - Louis-Philippe eras

The interior shows well

I do think the cover glass is a replacement simply because my experience is that this era

Antique Portrait Miniature, Woman in Lace Bonnet with Cute Dog, in 19th Century French Frame Oil painting New Zealand and wouldn't with this oneJust as I found her, this magnificent subject and her shy dog are from c. 1800 1830, and saved in a late 1800s French bronze round frame, making it a marriage. The dour woman in her blue dress with white lace collar and bonnet, and lace bib front would be a fun miniature all on its own, but holding her shy cowering cute pup makes it one that's just impossible to pass up. Uncertain if the puppy is afraid of her or the artist is impossible to know, but