In the same year Napoleon died in exile, this woman's portrait was done wearing a gown and tiara in the French Empire fashion. Isn't she a beauty! Delicately captured for us by listed artist, Johann Peter SCHEUREN (1774-1844), an artist whose work has sold at auction houses throughout Europe, to include Sotheby's and Dorotheum. Signed boldly to the right side, it tells us he was a sought-after portrait miniaturist in his own time. Fine attention to detail, even her gown is of interest, as is her French Empire tiara. The hinged locket type pendant frame is in 18k gold, acid-tested. Full measurements are noted on our photos.
Very good to excellent condition for age and type, it's only flaw being a missing original convex glass cover to the backside, and perhaps a lock of her hair woven beneath it. Now a course silk oval fills that back space. The little painting is pristine but for what appears to have been an artist's small accident at her neck. No losses of paint (gouache on wafer) and no chips nor hairlines at all. Wear as a pendant or hang to display. I've shown this against some fine 1700s silk embroidery work, which does not go with the little portrait. It's just a colorful backing to keep our cameras from washing out the painting's fine color.
