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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 12323625, member: 2844&quot;]Google translate:</p><p><br /></p><p>Miniatures from the 17th/18th century. Historical and artistic opinions are needed on two possible unpublished works.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dear Members, I am a passionate independent scholar of art history and am writing to share a discovery and seek your non-commercial technical advice on two diptychs (pendants) from my private collection. These pieces are not for sale. The first painting depicts &quot;The Good Shepherd&quot; (Murillo style, ivory dress, dark background typical of the tenebrism technique). The second depicts Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun with her daughter Julie. Both are housed in identical baroque frames and are completely sealed on the back with antique cardboard. I don&#039;t want to provide you with preconceived details about the material. I kindly ask you to examine the photos I took in natural light, with flash, and with raking light, and tell me: What type of support do you see? Is it painted on canvas, wood, or something else? What type of canvas or texture emerges under the flash? What period might it date to? Are the color behavior and execution consistent with an original painting dating back to the artists&#039; first sketches, or are there signs of a later reproduction? I&#039;ve searched online for identical copies to no avail. Thank you so much for your time and for sharing your knowledge. Kind regards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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