Beautiful portrait of a young aristocrat made around 1900 probably in France. Oil on canvas pasted on a board. The woman is depicted in a slightly erotic pose, wearing a choker with seven rows of pearls around her neck. Expressive, textural painting. In the lower left corner the artist's handwritten signature "A. Ferret" ? Original framing in wooden frame with transparent glass in the form of passe-partoua. The painting measures 40.5 x 33.5 cm, the oil itself measures 28.5 x 21 cm.