SOLD 19th C. Reverse Glass Portrait of Woman in Red, White and Blue 1910s Mossberg Ink stain along top edge

Ink stain along top edge

building a major collection

I’m always attracted to pipe-related images and objects that feel Magritte-ian

was a souvenir from Jelling

SOLD 19th C. Reverse Glass Portrait of Woman in Red, White and Blue 1910s Mossberg Ink stain along top edgeI find reverse glass paintings pretty magical feeling things, and love the luminosity of this small portrait, with the face of this woman in braids seeming absolutely as if glowing from within. Mid 19th c. continental European and I'd guess French in her red, white and blue. Clearly the painting was once in a frame, with a dark outline left on the glass but I think all the better without it, so as to prop her somewhere with light coming through, which