SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French hand-carved jointed figure I would guess straight from

I would guess straight from the Garden of Eden

or just a special gift in itself

I'd guess it was once mounted on an outdoor wall somewhere

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SOLD Early 19th Century Miniature Portrait of Lovely Woman in White and Blue, Presumed French hand-carved jointed figure I would guess straight fromI am not a great expert on portrait miniatures, but am pretty certain this one, of a lovely young woman in empire gown and high ruffled collar, is French, c 1810s 20s. Curiously, it seems as if the painter preferred painting patterned fabric to rendering a hand at bottom, though what looks like the edge of a sleeve cuff peeks out to the right, so perhaps there is a story there maybe our sitter lost a hand, who knows? There is a little damage loss to