Antique French Portrait Miniature, Napoleon's French Empire Period w Blue Tiara and Diamonds, Sapphire Brooch and Pearls

A fabulous portrait miniature, icon of her time, French Empire or the era of Napoleon I of France. Those who were of sufficient station in life to afford having their likeness memorialized in miniature were typically those who also could afford the finest fashions of the day, as you see with this young beauty and her stiff gauze collar which rises from her Empire gown to frame her beautiful face. She also wears the side-angled French tiara of the time, and this is the first time I've seen one with pale blue beads. Perhaps dyed pearls or paste pearls, they pick up the blue of her shawl and that stunning sapphire and diamond clasp or brooch worn at the raised waistline of her Empire gown. When I found this beautiful little painting, I thought I could see a signature there on her white sleeve, but it turns out not to be. Auch a fine painting and no credit to its creator - this is more typical than not of the portrait miniatures. An artist, unless he/she had broad fame in their time, did n