RARE Antique Portrait Miniature, French Painting, "Lost Virtue", c.1800 "Naughty" gnomon The case and image date

The case and image date from French Revolutionary era to perhaps as late as 1810

An interesting devotional

most girls were not allowed many subjects of study that were not home decor and childcare related

but it is 5

They are dust particle reflections of the flash

RARE Antique Portrait Miniature, French Painting, "Lost Virtue", c.1800 "Naughty" gnomon The case and image dateArt: Painting in gouache on thin panel Signed: not visible, didn't open this one to check rim. Frame: original brass with original cover glass. Theme: Lost Virtue a farmer's barn interior 4 persons Of the 2 types of miniatures, this one falls to the 2nd type, or that painted after the work of a famous artist. We can't say which of the Romantic Era painters this one copies, but only that it is a typical theme for the artists of that era, and represents