Fine Antique French Portrait Miniature, c.1700s, Gentleman in Powdered Wig evening purse The interior of this case

The interior of this case is elaborate

surely treasured through many many generations

believe me

A pristine veneer over a thick wooden construction

this brown-eyed young man who wears an elaborate white cravat with elaborate ruffle

Fine Antique French Portrait Miniature, c.1700s, Gentleman in Powdered Wig evening purse The interior of this caseA tiny gem, perhaps all that remains to mark a life of this very distinguished gentleman who looks a great deal like French King Louis XVI, don't you agree? Fashioned for his time, c. 1760 1780s, he wears the long powdered wig of a avacate (attorney or judge) or simply a courtier in the time of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The painting is tiny, elegant, and done on paper rather than the thin natural wafer of most. It just feels like a quick little