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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 671798, member: 5833&quot;]A portrait miniature of Josephine, from Pinterest, so no good info associated.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/0b/1c/8c0b1c976be1c76c6bbdab7f90e1bad8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The signature at the edge is probably that of the person who made this miniature copy, not the original artist.&nbsp; Getting woozy comparing the jewels back &amp; forth between many similar portraits.&nbsp; If I&#039;ve got the right one, it&#039;s her coronation portrait &amp; was reproduced endlessly, in all sorts of media.&nbsp; Most have her facing viewer&#039;s right, like this one.&nbsp; Scrimshaw artist dispensed with the lacy bits at her shoulders, &amp; maybe worked from a print that got the painting reversed:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://c7.alamy.com/comp/BJN73P/beauharnais-josephine-de-2361763-2951814-empress-of-the-french-2121804-BJN73P.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why would a modern fake not be a more faithful copy of the original painting?</p><p><br /></p><p>Not etched, painted on ivory:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.expertissim.com/french-school-circa-1900-portrait-napoleon-i-josephine-pair-ivory-miniatures-12227793" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.expertissim.com/french-school-circa-1900-portrait-napoleon-i-josephine-pair-ivory-miniatures-12227793" rel="nofollow">https://en.expertissim.com/french-school-circa-1900-portrait-napoleon-i-josephine-pair-ivory-miniatures-12227793</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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