RARE Antique Portrait Miniature, French Painting, "Lost Virtue", c.1800 "Naughty" gnomon Charming antique needlepoint embroidery sampler

Charming antique needlepoint embroidery sampler worked on linen canvas

in front of the fern

They are dust particle reflections of the flash

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RARE Antique Portrait Miniature, French Painting, "Lost Virtue", c.1800 "Naughty" gnomon Charming antique needlepoint embroidery samplerArt: 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