SOLD Woman and Bird, Very Finely Done Small 19th C. Oil on Tin Boudoir Painting white lamb the pointy tip of which

the pointy tip of which fits into a small opening in one hand

It appears that her neck broke at some point but was carefully glued back in place and now seems stable

are pretty great

but I've since come to understand that "Whence Came You

SOLD Woman and Bird, Very Finely Done Small 19th C. Oil on Tin Boudoir Painting white lamb the pointy tip of whichLove at first sight with this one, though I did then take out a magnifier to examine most every inch of it, as it was so precisely done (oil on tin) I almost didn't believe it was a painting. I've been thinking some about paintings of women and birds of late (there is a fantastic Morris Hirshfield painting recently shown at the American Folk Art Museum of a woman lying on a sofa facing a bird and appearing as if about to feed it from her mouth) and