Rare c.1795 Double Portrait Miniature in 18k Gold Locket Frame, Father and Son, Incroyables

Rare in numerous ways, not only the fact that the choice was for profiles (an early preference/method) but also that it represents a father and son. Rare 18k gold drop-chain locket frame. Rare grisaille painting of the son, housed in a back-painted (eglomise) cover glass. Rare image of the son who is in the era and fashion of one of France's most interesting fashion movements: Les Incroyables et Marveilleuses (Incredibles and marvelous), c.1795-99. That overly thick cravat and the overstated high collar, the dog-ear hair style and the slightly smug look - all are signature of the youth's movement thus named. Young Royalists using fashion to protest the French Revolution, the fat cravat like a bandage holding a severed head on (guillotined). All taken together, this is one of my personal favorites. The old locket frame is perfectly intact, even with that little bending to the bale. I did not open it, though it does open and the clasp is along the bottom of the elegantly crafted 18k gold