A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques crude and primitive (but charming)

crude and primitive (but charming) old repairs and replacements to leather work

The detail is high and the level of dexterity equally thus

and with much of the original paintwork flaked back with some remaining to the masks

Depth: 2” (all at extremities)

Otherwise all is well with this amusing gadget cane that would have been assembled and re-assembled many a time over

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques crude and primitive (but charming)Origin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 90 Height: 23. 25 Width: 19 The beautiful half length portrait in rectangular form of a French lady, painted in oils on canvas and unframed, wearing a beautiful lace and flowered headdress, pouffed lace neckdress, to a stole laden satin dress, her soft face looking out to the viewer with beautifully rendered blue eyes, her curly locked hair billowing from beneath the lace, the work