Superb 18th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting Cupid and Psyche in Landscape, a Watercolor 10k the Vervelle signature lock plate

the Vervelle signature lock plate is your guarantee of it

He fairly shouts "wealth"

in a flat color which from the underside one can tell was once blue to bluish-green

The needlepoint does have some age darkening but no rips

Superb 18th Century French Portrait Miniature Painting Cupid and Psyche in Landscape, a Watercolor 10k the Vervelle signature lock plateI bought this just like it is, in France. It's a watercolor on handmade 100% cotton rag paper, later backed by a card panel. My sense of it is it was set at one time atop a marvelous 18th century snuff box, protected beneath a convex cover glass. It's been protected long now in archival tissue, while I decided whether to have it custom matted and framed, or just to enjoy among my collection of miniature portraits, snuff boxes, and fine art. So here it