Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver Queen Victoria's daughters

Queen Victoria's daughters

Some very faint surface scuffing possible but no dents

this little painting astounds at the fine detail and intricate landscape

I have not quite figured out how it attaches

Antique Prussian or Russian Portrait Miniature of a Young Boy, Child, in Frame antique French sterling silver Queen Victoria's daughtersA while ago I bought a collection of c. 1700s to earliest 1800s portrait miniatures from a Russian estate, and this was one of those. This little boy had a little sister, painted by the same artist and in the same type of incised frame, and she was sold right away. Her brother, here offered, is as delightful, but is not in pristine condition. As you can see, the thin wafer upon which the artist has worked shows very fine hairlines. You don't