PORTRAIT OF A GIRL C17th

Portrait of a Girl 17th Century Breast portrait miniature of a young woman with a wide millstone lace collar and lace bonnet, against a dark background, finely painted with a pointed brush, oil on copper plate, at the top of the depiction the painter’s monogram “E.v.G. pinx.” and dated “1643, with the coat of arms of the Barons of Guttenberg and the ligature monogram “RTO” on the lower left, applied blind-stamped paper seal of the Barons of Guttenberg on the reverse (see Siebmacher’s coat of arms book) consisting of a shield with rose, helmet with five moss pistils on a tournament hat and the monogram “EF VG”, minimal traces of age, old framed, folded dimensions approx. 12 x 8.5 cm.