Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman lantern and if so my guess

and if so my guess is painted toward the tail end of Belgian occupation (1950s) or just after-- the inclusion of armed soldiers in black at left provides no definitive clue

In a small period frame

looking almost like a paw

I am pretty certain the silk itself measures 5"x7"

I just think this is lovely and fairly unusual as far as antique ornament studies go in being monochromatic (aptly) and I think quite elegant in its relative subtlety

Double Portrait: Ultra Moody 19th Century Cabinet Photo of a Hanging Miniature Portrait of a Woman lantern and if so my guessYou know I love a photograph of a painting, especially a portrait a likeness rendered in one form media translated into another, carrying the subject forward, across time. And to my eye this one is pure perfection. Ultra moody, perfect framing of the frame, with a perfect contrast between the clarity of detail on the frame and the painterliness of the portrait. And the ground, which looks likely like velvet, also has a bit of the feeling of skin. I'd