Antique 18th -Early 19th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting aprés Vigee LeBrum, in Bronze Frame 1878 Paris Expo The frame into which the

The frame into which the bright brass (and likely gold plate) mat rests in a large wood board with a veneer

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which must be a design marvel

and the ear of the baby goat has been lost

Antique 18th -Early 19th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting aprés Vigee LeBrum, in Bronze Frame 1878 Paris Expo The frame into which theOne 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