Antique French Oil Painting Portrait in Fine Frame, A Matron with Lace Cap, Fichu, Holds Book and Spectacles 14k gold pendant highly ornate boulle inlaid facade

highly ornate boulle inlaid facade

Nothing looks like anything as you work the 'painting'

Frame and archival cover glass is about 25 years old

large at 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" shown with bound hard cover

is one only accomplished with the skill of years and years of practice

Antique French Oil Painting Portrait in Fine Frame, A Matron with Lace Cap, Fichu, Holds Book and Spectacles 14k gold pendant highly ornate boulle inlaid facadeA real woman, surely she's lived through the French Revolution and rise of Napoleon by the time this painting was made. Unsigned oil painting on stretched canvas, late 18th century to as late as around 1800, this is a portrait of a mature lady holding her book and pince nez spectacles. She wears traditional period clothing with a lace cap and fichu (scarf) tucked into her stuff bodice. Stunning antique frame, wood with gesso appliqu corners, all in