Bright Eyed, Blushing, Very Full of Spirit Child in Ruffled Collar, Small 18th/Early 19th Century Portrait in Lemon Gold Frame Gaetano Pancaldi I wish I had a

I wish I had a bunch of these to put at each place setting on a dinner party table

So many of the naive drawings we see were based on prints

and here with the clearly joyful effort put into detailing the ruffled sleeves

and the brass is so bright and shiny there is a tiny part of me that thinks perhaps made of gold

” And at the end a morning hymn and two pages of instruction about never putting anything off for tomorrow that one can do right now

Bright Eyed, Blushing, Very Full of Spirit Child in Ruffled Collar, Small 18th/Early 19th Century Portrait in Lemon Gold Frame Gaetano Pancaldi I wish I had aTotal love for this portrait. I paid near what I'm asking for it, but for me the face of this child (a boy I believe) holds pretty much the whole world in it curiosity, and perceptiveness, and eagerness, and perhaps a bit of mischief too completely alive with spirit. The subject also seems much less like a "child" than a complex, full fledged person! And radiant, those pink cheeks feeling as if truly blushing from within. Maybe this won't strike