Artist Signed French Hand Painted Miniature Portrait in Original Brass Frame – circa 1870. Frame measures approximately 7 3/8″ high by 5″ wide. Portrait dimensions are approximately 5″ high by 3 ¾” wide. Wonderfully hand painted woman by an artist with the initials’AB. I believe this painting and frame to be entirely original. The natural animal material that the painting was done on has two small cracks. This is very characteristic of paintings like this and does not detract in any way from the beauty of the portrait. There is also a small chip to the protective glass in the upper right corner.