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Lightly attempted cleaning, merely to see the picture, to little or no success:
The Picture: 
Now it reminds me a bit of "The Gleaning" by Millet - the haystacks as why. The Signature - visible once I cleaned -
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Now - I can't make heads or tails of it.
The painting, Oil on Panel, mid to late 1800's guessing, found? Dunno, where I find stuff. 12" X 6". Know who it's by? Have the provenance? Let me know...
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I'm following this with more interest than any of our own local elections.
Why?
It's time. The only real - sincere - candidate for decades. In Canada or the US, and I daresay a lot of Europe. I could have believed Obama, but not after his track record. He was posing. Bloomberg was a demon. Biden - means well, but too centrist. Warren - yes, but she hasn't sparked the popular imagination.
It amazes me how the Democrats have trenched in behind Biden - and - if it carries on, it will be to their loss, the Donald will win again, and no one, not in the USA, not in the world, can afford another 4 years of that Ass Hole.
Bernie, whose policies would benefit 99% of Americans, has a track record going back 50 years of activism, involvement and integrity - and he has to SELL this to the American Public? It's fucking crazy. It's their last hope at restoring democracy - literally, and it's slender at that - and the Democrats would rather put up with another 4 years of Trump than back someone who they fear is opposed to their graft and interest.
This will be interesting, and I have a terrible feeling, tragic.
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On the surface, a charming (??) picture of a young lady on a swing. Harmless, and so commonplace that you probably wouldn't even notice. But look at it a little closer and you'll see the devil's in the details, it's a masterpiece of French innuendo and erotic symbolism. Viewers at that time would have recognized the young lady wasn't wearing knickers (they didn't exist yet), and would have understood the young man's enthusiasm for her billowing skirts. The shoe flying off the foot (classically a symbol of virginity, the foot is sexual, think Cinderella, or foot fetishists), the two angels (?? Putti) looking on in the background, one in fascination, the other turned away in (?? Shame), the dog barking, a symbol of constancy or fidelity, the old man (Guardian or Husband?) in the background pulling the swing, the Cherub looking on with a finger to his lips to admonish secrecy...there's a whole lot more than first meets the eye.
The first link a slight breakdown of the symbols and interpretations, history and context of the painting, the second - covers the first - but as well refers to the symbolism of the painting itself - as it appears in later works of art...
Links:
- https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-undressing-erotic-symbolism-the-swing-fragonards-decadent-masterpiece
- https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/env0o1/in_the_great_gatsby_2013_while_tom_is_cheating_on/