Miniature portraits

The sitter’s identity is unknown, but she was likely a student of Martha Baker, who was living and teaching in Paris in 1899. Demand for Baker’s portrait miniatures was so great that she resigned from teaching to keep up with commissions. The artist’s obituary in the New York Times stated that she was “the world’s foremost miniature painter.” In this example, the sitter’s shoulders seem to fade into the pale background, emphasizing the similarity between her skin and the material upon which…

Portrait Miniature with Mica Overlays | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Anton Hähnischs miniature copy is based on Franz Xaver Winterhalters half-length oil sketch of June 1861 (400761: Royal Collection) showing the Princess in mourning for her grandmother, the Duchess of Kent, who had died on 16 March. She wears a black evening dress with a locket suspended from a black ribbon around her neck and jet hoop earrings.Born in Vienna, Anton Hähnisch studied at the Academy there before travelling to Berlin (1847 – 8), Frankfurt, Paris, London (1850 – 63), Rome...

During the course of their marriage, King George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Srelitz had fifteen children

Anastasia Iosifovna Ushakova, circa 1866. Ivan Kuzmich Makarov (23 March 1822, Arzamas - 9 April 1897, Saint Petersburg), Russian portrait painter. Born the son of Kuzma Alexandrovich Makarov, a serf artist of the Penza landowner Gorikhvostov, who had received his freedom in 1815. After completing his general education, from 1834 to 1841 the younger Makarov studied with his father at the Arzamas School of Painting, Russia's first provincial art school. On the basis of submissions he sent to…

In the past, this miniature has been identified as a portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton (baptised 1765-1815), social celebrity, wife of Sir William Hamilton, and mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson, but this is uncertain. Drawings and other miniatures of Lady Hamilton by Richard Cosway appear to depict a different sitter. This miniature is an example of Cosways work in the late 1790s, by which time Emma had left England and was living in Naples with Sir William Hamilton. Richard Cosway…

GEORGE ENGLEHEARTKew 1750 - 1829 BlackheathPORTRAIT OF MRS CRAWFORDWatercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-meta

Four Small Victorian Hand-Painted Miniature Paintings

A portrait miniature is a miniature painting which came out of manuscript illumination. The miniature portrait paintings were made with watercolor and

Awhile ago I posted about lovely little 18th century miniature portraits, and what a nice addition to one's costume they can be. Well here's how to make them! What You'll Need: Clear Cabochons 30 x 40 mm - get them on Etsy Cabochon settings 30 x 40 mm -