Antique French Oil Painting Portrait in Fine Frame, A Matron with Lace Cap, Fichu, Holds Book and Spectacles 14k gold pendant These are 8 1/4" long

These are 8 1/4" long

after these 121 years

large at 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" shown with bound hard cover

Nice larger than usual size

gilt wood cross and wonderfully detailed hand carved Christ figure or corpus with "INRI" plaque above

Antique French Oil Painting Portrait in Fine Frame, A Matron with Lace Cap, Fichu, Holds Book and Spectacles 14k gold pendant These are 8 1/4" longA real woman, surely she's lived through the French Revolution and rise of Napoleon by the time this painting was made. Unsigned oil painting on stretched canvas, late 18th century to as late as around 1800, this is a portrait of a mature lady holding her book and pince nez spectacles. She wears traditional period clothing with a lace cap and fichu (scarf) tucked into her stuff bodice. Stunning antique frame, wood with gesso appliqu corners, all in