French: A. Clunot

Allegorical Miniature Depicting an Interpretation
of the Birth of Venus, Flanked by Two Cherubs, One
Holding a Flaming Torch and the Other a Five-Pointed Star

French
circa 1830-1840
by A. Clunot (not a known, listed miniature painter)
(signed obverse, lower right, "A. Clunot" -- might alternatively read "A. Clunet")

3 x 2 1/2 inches (sight)

watercolor en grisaille on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal
surround that was likely originally set within the lid of a
decorative box (i.e., jewelry box, snuff box, or patch box)