Antique Louis XVI French Miniature in Bronze After E. Vigee Lebrun for Belle Epoque, 1880

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- Hand-painted miniature after "Self-Portrait with Daughter" by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

- Finely executed reduction copy after the celebrated … Read more - Hand-painted miniature after "Self-Portrait with Daughter" by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

- Finely executed reduction copy after the celebrated 1789 portrait depicting the artist and her daughter Julie. Original painting is now held in the Louvre Museum

- Depicting one of the most celebrated mother-and-child portraits in European art, a timeless representation of maternal love

- Late 19th to early 20th century

- Signed indistinctly in red by an unidentified painter

- Housed in a high-quality period bronze frame with easel support and wall-hanging option

- Frame is marked "HS" within a shield on the reverse

- Dimensions: frame (total): 20 × 14.5 cm; visible miniature 12.5 × 9.5 cm See less