Antique 18th -Early 19th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting aprés Vigee LeBrum, in Bronze Frame 1878 Paris Expo which once strung again with

which once strung again with a silk ribbon

Could be framed

entirely made in mother of pearl thin enough to see through

One can only guess who these people were since we have no history to attend it

The smaller the scale

Antique 18th -Early 19th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting aprés Vigee LeBrum, in Bronze Frame 1878 Paris Expo which once strung again withOne 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