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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 701192, member: 5833&quot;]It actually looks to me like it could be a &#039;dripstone&#039; piece that has had the hollow in the back filled in after the original material dried.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If it is indeed French, that argues strongly for dripstone, which is a specialty of France, the way lava is of Naples.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is Beatrice.&nbsp; Have not seen her in dripstone before, but, all counted, have not really seen all that many dripstone pieces.&nbsp; The painting was long regarded as being Beatrice painted by Guido Reni.&nbsp; It is now thought to be neither, but that was the prevailing notion when she was made as a cameo.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]187184[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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