SOLD Woman and Bird, Very Finely Done Small 19th C. Oil on Tin Boudoir Painting decorative pillow The front side features hand-drawn

The front side features hand-drawn details on the face

and a number that are truly marbled in color

resulting in deepening of color and some reddening on the reverse side

7 1/8" t x 1 3/4" w x 1 5/8" d and in great vintage condition

SOLD Woman and Bird, Very Finely Done Small 19th C. Oil on Tin Boudoir Painting decorative pillow The front side features hand-drawnLove 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