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Description
3" (8 cm.) x 4",7" x 9" framed. Portraying two fashionably-dressed young girls seated at the front
of a toy theatre with performing puppets which are being worked by the young lad who stands at
the back,holding two additional puppets in his left hand. The miniature painting is signed L.L.
and is presented in ornate frame with gold leaf finish. From a series of miniature paintings by
19th century French artist,Luigi Loir,circa 1885. The paintings were commissioned by luxury
Parisian stores who used the images in trade card advertising,but the original works,of which this
is one,were retained by the Loir estate until c. 1995 when they were sold at a Paris auction. The
artistry and superb detailing are enhanced by rich colors,and the painting is perfectly preserved.