19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond Brooch Watercolour The painting is signed in

The painting is signed in the lower right and inscribed ‘Virkland 1900’

The portrait is housed within a later gilded frame

Size including frames

An attractive early 20th-century oil on wood by French artist

19th-Century Portrait Of A Lady With A Diamond Brooch Watercolour The painting is signed inA charming portrait of a continental lady dressed in the fashion a la mode of the 1890s. Her hair is styled into a coiffure and she wears a large diamond brooch that sparkles with light. The coiffure was a must have hairstyle in the 1890s as this article from 1894 explains: A potent factor in any womans appearance is her coiffure. Indeed, no other item of her toilette is really so influential, either to emphasize or to lessen her natural