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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9970950, member: 79705"]"Biscuit Tin Lady" is Queen Marie-Antoinette! Here's <a href="https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/portrait-de-marie-antoinette-d-autriche-1755-1793-reine-de-france" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/portrait-de-marie-antoinette-d-autriche-1755-1793-reine-de-france" rel="nofollow">one of many lithos</a> of the image, that names her. This one is credited to the lithographer François-Séraphin Delpech, but it seems the original painting these may be based on is lost (if it was not just always a litho).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500597[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I LOVE the gent you snagged. He's really beautiful and well done. A very soft painting from someone with an impeccable technique. I agree with others, it looks like he has a collared shirt and not a cravat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Marie-Antoinette is adorable. I might be completely off but it almost looks like someone remounted an older frame with a newer stand? </p><p><br /></p><p>The one that got away has got an amazing gaze. Some things that have gotten away from me haunt me a little but I save the photo and then go look at all the treasures I've managed to scoop away from others. Makes me feel better. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> I always try to interrogate myself on what's the top amount that feels worth the item, will it haunt me if someone goes over? Or will I be glad I didn't spend that much? Then I just let the dice roll. [USER=10944]@J Dagger[/USER] is right...tell yourself they bid wayyy over you and you'll feel better. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> You're gonna keep finding other amazing stuff anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9970950, member: 79705"]"Biscuit Tin Lady" is Queen Marie-Antoinette! Here's [URL='https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/portrait-de-marie-antoinette-d-autriche-1755-1793-reine-de-france']one of many lithos[/URL] of the image, that names her. This one is credited to the lithographer François-Séraphin Delpech, but it seems the original painting these may be based on is lost (if it was not just always a litho). [ATTACH=full]500597[/ATTACH] I LOVE the gent you snagged. He's really beautiful and well done. A very soft painting from someone with an impeccable technique. I agree with others, it looks like he has a collared shirt and not a cravat. Your Marie-Antoinette is adorable. I might be completely off but it almost looks like someone remounted an older frame with a newer stand? The one that got away has got an amazing gaze. Some things that have gotten away from me haunt me a little but I save the photo and then go look at all the treasures I've managed to scoop away from others. Makes me feel better. :D I always try to interrogate myself on what's the top amount that feels worth the item, will it haunt me if someone goes over? Or will I be glad I didn't spend that much? Then I just let the dice roll. [USER=10944]@J Dagger[/USER] is right...tell yourself they bid wayyy over you and you'll feel better. :playful: You're gonna keep finding other amazing stuff anyway.[/QUOTE]
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