3 Miniature Painting 19th Century Portrait of Boy Antique

This is an amazing 19th century superbly realistic portrait of a young boy. The incredible detail, tiny hare's fur brush strokes and miniscule dots, give color and form to the facial features, background shadows, and texture to the hair and jacket. The top right hand corner shows the artist's brush strokes that were probably made to determine the correct color mixture before applying it to the portrait. The darkened oval suggests it must have been framed at one time. That area measures 7" x 5-1/8". The entire piece is 8.5" x 6-5/8". Outside of the oval has some darkened areas, a dab of brown paint, worn corners, and a few little bug trails. None of these will show, of course, if it is matted and framed properly. There are a few darkened spots inside the oval in the background above and below the boy. They aren't very distracting and can possibly be cropped closer with a smaller oval matt to eleiminate them entirely from view. It is unsigned but whoever painted it was extremely skilled and must have had many years of experience painting portraits. We purchased it from an estate sale with a group of items all dating to the 1800's.

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