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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 12333539, member: 5833&quot;]This is much larger than I imagined.&nbsp; Smaller than the originals, at least twice the size of what we usually mean in English when we call a painting a miniature.&nbsp; This is large enough to preserve a high level of detail, no matter how the image is reproduced, if it is done well.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is <i>una cornice barocca</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]553815[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The frames on your pieces are relatively plain.&nbsp; If the frame on the Good Shepherd is relevant to the date of that picture, what does the same frame say about the Vigee-Le Brun?&nbsp; How did there come to be 2 pictures the same size in the same style of frame?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have this picture on the wall of my living room.&nbsp; It is much smaller than the original, but not a miniature.&nbsp; I inherited it &amp; it has been in my family for generations:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]553816[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The original is in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.&nbsp; I see many others for sale on the Internet, but not one exactly like mine.&nbsp; Should I be exploring whether the one on my wall has importance to art history?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Are your pictures under glass?&nbsp; I was not able to tell from the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If there is glass on the front &amp; they are sealed on the back with opaque cardboard, how are you able to discern layers, or know that the yellow is translucent resin?&nbsp; And how did you determine the cardboard is hand made?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is not at all a certainty.&nbsp; A large proportion of the questions we receive here, perhaps even the majority, about all different sorts of things of all different ages, is, &quot;Does anyone here know who made this?&quot;&nbsp; We receive many such questions regarding paintings &amp; prints.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will repeat/clarify some things I said in a previous post.</p><ul> <li>Hand painted copies of famous paintings, in reduced sizes, were made in great numbers.&nbsp; It is perfectly possible that your pictures are also hand painted.&nbsp; We have seen such paintings sometimes signed with the name of the actual painter; sometimes falsely signed with the name of the original artist; most often not signed at all.&nbsp; Sometimes framed pictures have a signature hidden by the frame.</li> <li>Inability to find on, or even the complete absence of, any specific item on the Internet proves nothing.&nbsp; This is another question we receive frequently: &quot;Can anyone find another just like this one?&quot;</li> </ul><p>There are still many questions &amp; questionable assumptions here. If you feel a special rapport with the Boy, you should value &amp; enjoy that, &amp; treasure the connection with your family&#039;s history.&nbsp; Beyond that, as Iconodule said, you need an expert who can examine them in person.&nbsp; We would be interested to hear what you learn, to increase our own knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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