Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver Exquisitely crafted 19th century oil

Exquisitely crafted 19th century oil painting on stretched linen canvas

in very good condition

75" thick overall

I have not quite figured out how it attaches

whom he surely knew personally

Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver Exquisitely crafted 19th century oilA while ago I bought a collection of c. 1700s to earliest 1800s portrait miniatures from a Russian estate, and this was one of those. This little boy had a little sister, painted by the same artist and in the same type of incised frame, and she was sold right away. Her brother, here offered, is as delightful, but is not in pristine condition. As you can see, the thin wafer upon which the artist has worked shows very fine hairlines. You don't