Antique French Portrait Miniature dated c1792, A Beared Priest in Blue Robe scent Layered paint and varnish gives

Layered paint and varnish gives a dimensional and rich surface on the items decorated in this manner

The piece is a fine high quality treasure from an era when the aesthetic included such heirloom mourning items

A young beauty

I see some little tarnish on the underside of the base

Antique French Portrait Miniature dated c1792, A Beared Priest in Blue Robe scent Layered paint and varnish gives"Donnez par An Fayett A le juin 1792" ("Given by An Fayett A on June 1792") Fayetteville on June, 1792). I feel certain there's another reading of that handwriting on back of this portrait. I think he is a monk or friar, which doesn't really adapt to an, which is a donkey. I must have it wrong. : ). The 228 year old painting, however, is both interesting and very well accomplished, and likely that of a monk or religious man, priest or friar. Only very