Fine Signed Miniature Portrait of Agnes Sorel, Presumed c. 1830s-40s French style playing cards He is about the gentlest

He is about the gentlest young boxer one might envision

and balance when perched on something

this one I found in New Hampshire and believe dates to the late 19th/very early 20th c

and moved to the Hyde Park section of Chicago

I love it for its strangeness

Fine Signed Miniature Portrait of Agnes Sorel, Presumed c. 1830s-40s French style playing cards He is about the gentlestHow could I resist this one, a 19th c. miniature portrait of the rather iconic mistress to King Charles VII of France, Agns Sorel (1422 1450; popularly known as Dame de Beaut [Lady of Beauty]), painted here with one breast bared in keeping with several depictions of her done in her day. (My favorite is by Francois Clouet, c. 1450, which I've included in photos, and from which this miniature clearly derives inspiration.) As a side note, as I understand