Double Portrait, Artist at His Easel, Very Fine and Slightly Eerie French 1841 Watercolor pottery sculpture another favorite thing

another favorite thing

in significant part for the wide range of imagery and especially text incorporated in them

4 15/16" l x 3/4" w x 1" t

2 3/4" t x 2 1/4" w x 1 3/4" d

Double Portrait, Artist at His Easel, Very Fine and Slightly Eerie French 1841 Watercolor pottery sculpture another favorite thingI was completely taken with this one when I spotted it online, sold by a dealer in France then eagerly awaited its arrival for several weeks, with hopes it would be as good and I thought it was, and it is. Perhaps a study for what would be a large oil painting, though very finely rendered in watercolor by an artist clearly in command of the medium. I'm a sucker for a portrait of an artist at his, or her, easel, actual or proverbial, and absolutely