Antique French Miniature Painting in Gilt Bronze Frame, apres Jean-Baptiste Greuze "The Village Bride" Georgian 16k Beautifully preserved frame and broad

Beautifully preserved frame and broad elegant dore bronze mat

Museum worthy in its completeness and presentation

iconography with meaning of tears of the mourner

there are no cracks or significant issues to deal with and the shell veneers and inlays are all solidly in place - just truly breathtakingly beautiful in person

applied jewel dots

Antique French Miniature Painting in Gilt Bronze Frame, apres Jean-Baptiste Greuze "The Village Bride" Georgian 16k Beautifully preserved frame and broadBeautiful antique 19th c. French hand painted portrait miniature style painting after the 1761 Jean Baptiste Greuze painting entitled "The Village Bride" and set in a wreath, bow & ribbon topped gilt bronze frame! This painting, signed by the artist at about the four o'clock area, only shows the two sisters but the original painting tells more of the story, with mother & father outside of what you see here. Beautifully done, the colors and detail draw