Wonderful Early 19th C. Small Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Flowers French madonna heavy for its size

heavy for its size

The wood shows some age and wear

and a few like this one unsigned

provides a great grip

on one side representing the voice of the gifter of the pot: "

Wonderful Early 19th C. Small Watercolor Portrait of Woman with Flowers French madonna heavy for its sizeAn early one for sure, early 19th century I believe small but marvelous, and I imagine once housed in an oval frame like a silhoutte. I love the exhuberance of the garland that frames her from above, especially the extra large rose buds popping out at one corner, and the wonderfully detailed grass upon which she stands in her tiny black shoes. But most of all I love her in her polka dotted blue and pink, with quite a pile of flowers and leaves on her