Double Portrait, Artist at His Easel, Very Fine and Slightly Eerie French 1841 Watercolor apple pin cushion just fabulous

just fabulous

but I think it is possible it is older than that

including by giving them a bunch of coins to put in the drawer and use for making change--something that seems to baffle most checkout people these days

But what a beatific presence

Double Portrait, Artist at His Easel, Very Fine and Slightly Eerie French 1841 Watercolor apple pin cushion just fabulousI was completely taken with this one when I spotted it online, sold by a dealer in France then eagerly awaited its arrival for several weeks, with hopes it would be as good and I thought it was, and it is. Perhaps a study for what would be a large oil painting, though very finely rendered in watercolor by an artist clearly in command of the medium. I'm a sucker for a portrait of an artist at his, or her, easel, actual or proverbial, and absolutely