J. Leprince
Miniature, watercolour on ivory adapted from a 1785 portrait of the Queen Marie-Antoinette by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun.
A half-length in which the sitter, wearing a red jacket, delicate point lace fichu and ruffled engageantes, is gazing at us as if she interrupted reading, her finger still marking the page of a book laid down on a green velvet pillow.
Signed lower corner left.
9 cm x 7.3 cm (3" 1/2 x 2" 7/8)