Miniature (painting)

Scope note

Use for paintings on a very small scale, especially the portraits on vellum or ivory popular in England and America from the Renaissance into the 19th century. For paintings in Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, use "illustrations."

This term has 927 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300033936

Broader Terms used

<paintings by form>

Term used for

limnings
miniature paintings
miniatures (paintings)
miniatures, portrait
portrait miniatures

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of PD.199-1948_1_201408_jas244_dc1.jpg

Bust portrait of a young woman, facing left in profile

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Pd.188-1948_001_201407_kly25_mas_0000.jpg

A woman worshipping before a lingam in a Saiva shrine, before which the sacred bull reclines

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Arabic calligraphy

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Seated lady beneath a tree, playing an instrument with wild animals looking on

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Arabic calligraphy

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Leaf of a Persian MS., showing a scene in a Palace

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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A man and a woman walking towards the right

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Marlay 40-pl.37_1_201409_jas244_mas.tif

Youth on horseback with a beggar

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Miniature (painting)

Interior of a palace: a dancer with two musicians performing for a Prince with two attendants

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Calligraphy, written by 'Ali al Kabib

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: 'Ali al Kabib

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Calligraphy

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Mirak, Sayyid

An image of PD.149-1948_1_201408_kly25_dc1.jpg

A girl seated on a pile of stones under a tree

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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A Persian girl seated reading, to left

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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A youth lying on the ground between plants, leaning on a cushion and pouring wine

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of PD.153-1948_2_201408_kly25_dc1.jpg

Cup-bearer in European costume with plants and seated dog

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Marlay 40-pl.26_201409_jas244_dc1.jpg

Calligraphy, written by Nu'in al'din Muhammad

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Nu'in al'din Muhammad

An image of PD.151-1948_2_201408_kly25_dc1.jpg

Young Dervish seated under a tree holding an open book in the left hand

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of PD.141-1948_1_201408_kly25_dc1.jpg

Two young men in the upper chamber of a pavilion, outside which are a steward, two attendants and a maidservant

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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A sage (?) walking to the left, in a landscape

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of PD.152-1948_2_201408_kly25_dc1.jpg

Sage seated on a hill with inkpot and book beside him

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Ali, Muhamed (Attributed to)

An image of Miniature (painting)

Miniature (considerably damaged) from a manuscript of Nizami

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Marlay 40-pl.39_201409_jas244_mas.tif

A lady lying on a bed; a man, kneeling beside her, is busy undressing her

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Murad, last Prince of the Aqquyunu, taken prisoner by Shah Isma'il at the battle of Shurur in 1502 A.D.

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Group of men seated talking in front of a pavilion in which sits a prince, in a garden

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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