Stunning Antique French Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting of a Woman, Interior expo Housed perfectly beneath the original

Housed perfectly beneath the original convex cover glass (front and back one missing)

it's definitely beautiful

indicative of light to normal use

"Souvenirs de L'Exposition de 1878" with blue & white floral & foliate borders and delightful figural center scenes with titles or inscriptions

The combination of the zolotnik and city marks together in the oblong oval marking

Stunning Antique French Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting of a Woman, Interior expo Housed perfectly beneath the originalOh, what a thrill when I found this painting. Isn't it magnificent! French Impressionist, unsigned (how can that be! She is superb!). It appears her canvas has been re stretched but not reduced in size, which occurrence might have lost the signature. But, no, you see the entire painting. Were she my work, I'd certainly have wanted to sign and claim it. Wooden stretchers and a firm restoration of a 19th century painting now backed by a strong canvas to