Antique c.1700s Signed Portrait Miniature, Beautiful Girl with Pet Bird on String, in Case Betjenmann Someone else should have this

Someone else should have this to hang or to create the perfect way for it to shine for another 500 years

thick beveled glass without any loss to the silvering

and otherwise

designed - a testament to the recognized value of this artist's work

and open from back with brass folds

Antique c.1700s Signed Portrait Miniature, Beautiful Girl with Pet Bird on String, in Case Betjenmann Someone else should have thisBe still my heart! One of my favorites, this is a mid 1700s portrait miniature or miniature painting, Louis XV era, a young and beautiful Courtier playing with her pet bird, tethered on a ribbon so it can fly. The delight in her face seems a momentary glimpse of her joy, and not a simple thing for an artist to capture so well. There is a signature to the upper left, on that blue drapery, but I cannot make it out. The manner is so "Boucher", one almost