Elegantly coifed and a pink gown befitting her young age, this teenager is frozen in time, c.1830s, the Louis Philippe era's bottle curls and ribbon-hair style popular then. Somewhere between 12-14, she has yet to have a bust line and her innocent face is somewhere between childhood and womanhood. Beautifully captured thus, the artist did not sign the painting. We have no information on whom this young girl is, or whether she is French or a girl on a Grand Tour of Europe with her Grandmere, perhaps, and learning fashion. From my personal collections of over 35 years, isn't she gorgeous!
Very good to excellent for age and type. She's in a simple brass frame. It seems likely this frame would have once been mounted in a larger wooden frame, typical of French miniatures from c.1750-1850, but popularity and perhaps damage to the old wooden frame often dictates the miniature holds forward to our time without that outer wood frame. Some were velvet-covered wood, and hadn't held up over nearly 2 centuries, so the portraits and brass mounts stand alone. Measurements are noted on our photos.
