Fine Signed Miniature Portrait of Agnes Sorel, Presumed c. 1830s-40s French style playing cards I just really like the

I just really like the shape of this apple

which infamously sank during the Portland Gale blizzard of 1898

like smoke rings

He is about the gentlest young boxer one might envision

a terrific planter for a cactus or succulent

Fine Signed Miniature Portrait of Agnes Sorel, Presumed c. 1830s-40s French style playing cards I just really like theHow could I resist this one, a 19th c. miniature portrait of the rather iconic mistress to King Charles VII of France, Agns Sorel (1422 1450; popularly known as Dame de Beaut [Lady of Beauty]), painted here with one breast bared in keeping with several depictions of her done in her day. (My favorite is by Francois Clouet, c. 1450, which I've included in photos, and from which this miniature clearly derives inspiration.) As a side note, as I understand