Rare 12k Locket Framec.1795-99 Portrait Miniature, Incroyables Young Man post French Revolution, Directoire vase was as much a political

was as much a political work as an academic exercise

Hiacynth Rigaud was a master regal portraitist in the era of French King Louis XIV

Superb aged patina to the wood

Two little pressed metal goats in full-harness and all still firmly mounted on the old alabaster plinth

wife of Louis-Napoloen

Rare 12k Locket Framec.1795-99 Portrait Miniature, Incroyables Young Man post French Revolution, Directoire vase was as much a politicalV RARE portrait miniature, "Incroyables et Merveilleuses" (incredibles and marvelous) the slightly smug face of a spoiled rich fashionable Parisian making political statement. An exquisite but unsigned French portrait miniature, outlandish fashion green and black striped coat, powdered hair or topper wig, dog ears fashion which along with the massive cravat and jaunty ruffled vest, sets him squarely into the "Incroyables", c. 1795 1799. this brown