Antique c.1700s Signed Portrait Miniature, Beautiful Girl with Pet Bird on String, in Case Betjenmann you'll find there's a richness

you'll find there's a richness of layering of pattern on pattern

Button closure

thick beveled glass without any loss to the silvering

which can't be revealed until someone takes her apart

Antique c.1700s Signed Portrait Miniature, Beautiful Girl with Pet Bird on String, in Case Betjenmann you'll find there's a richnessBe still my heart! One of my favorites, this is a mid 1700s portrait miniature or miniature painting, Louis XV era, a young and beautiful Courtier playing with her pet bird, tethered on a ribbon so it can fly. The delight in her face seems a momentary glimpse of her joy, and not a simple thing for an artist to capture so well. There is a signature to the upper left, on that blue drapery, but I cannot make it out. The manner is so "Boucher", one almost