Unfortunately, to date it has not been possible to find out anything about the artist E Bellet. But the miniature portrait of a young lady is a very fine example, probably French and dating from 1900-1910.
As can be seen in one image, the artist has also painted the reverse of the ivory base to give extra depth to the tones, without having extra layers of paint on the front of the ivory.
Few artists bothered to do this, I would guess only one or two out of every hundred. 1383
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