Young Woman with Flowers and (Lost Mat) Halo, Antique Full Plate Hand-painted Tintype poetic with a perfect patina

with a perfect patina

which I believe is what this is

The portrait makes me think of both Vermeer and of African hairdresser signboards

(Impossible to shoot straight on without a lot of glare

and pockets at either end

Young Woman with Flowers and (Lost Mat) Halo, Antique Full Plate Hand-painted Tintype poetic with a perfect patinaI love how steadfast and determined this young woman looks; something of a young Joan of Arc about her, and with a halo (the product of an old oval shaped mat, long since removed) imparting her with sainthood. With dark gray painted ground, gold brooch and button and chain her neck, and dressed on what I would presume is mourning attire, with sprig of flowers on her lapel. 8 1 2" x 6 1 8". Loss of paint to the ground as evident, from overlaying mat