Antique French Oil on Wood Folk Art Painting of Church and Strolling Figures heart-shaped cutout lid closes tight

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She moved to New York in 1942 and became well known as a sculptor creating works in clay

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I believe it is actually a portrait of the late artist and longtime art professor Leon Hovsepian of Worchester

Antique French Oil on Wood Folk Art Painting of Church and Strolling Figures heart-shaped cutout lid closes tightThe back of this painting notes the subject as Eglise de Maisons Lafitte, which indeed is a church, better known as Eglise Saint Nicola, still standing in Maisons Lafitte, not far outside Paris. However, it seems that the church, completed in 1878, has had some additions and subtractions since, including losing the patterned roof and blue steeple that contribute to making this painting so striking. (There's an image of an old postcard in photos that