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.12-1955_mas_legacy.tif

Sir Kenelm Digby 1603-65

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Oliver, Peter

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Catherine the Great of Russia 1729-96

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Marchinhès, Pierre François

An image of Miniature (painting)

Parashurama slays Kartavirya

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Miniature (painting)

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)

Maker(s)

Wood, William (English miniaturist)

An image of Miniature (painting)

Georgiana Carolina, Lady Astley 1796-1835

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Rochard, Simon Jacques (Acajou Rochard)

An image of Miniature (painting)

Krishna and Radha enthroned

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Ragni Gaura Mallara, a lady, standing, attended by two peacocks and holding garlands

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of PD.41-1948_mas.tif

Elisabeth of France 1764-94

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Bodemer, Jacob Conrad

An image of Miniature (painting)

Equestrian portrait of Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of PD.1083-1973_201503_kly25_dc1.jpg

Roses & other flowers, some in a basket with landscape background

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Binet, Sophie

An image of Miniature (painting)

Unknown Youth

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Zincke, Christian Friedrich

An image of PD.210-1961_mas.tif

Mrs Anne Catherine Fitzgerald (née Burton)

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hone, Horace

An image of PD.11-1965_1_mas_legacy.tif

General Sir Adam Williamson 1736-98

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Engleheart, George

An image of PD.4-1952_1_mas.tif

Henrietta Clay

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hargreaves, Thomas

An image of Miniature (painting)

Major Sir Alexander Allan, Bart 1764-1820

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Smart, John

An image of Miniature (painting)

Marie Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese 1780-1825

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Parant, L.-B.

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Unknown Boy in a Ruff, Aged 3 years

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown
Silversmith: Unknown

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Sir William Lemon, Bart 1748-1824

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Humphry, Ozias

An image of PD.1079-1973_201805_kly25_dc1.jpg

An oval basket containing pink & white roses, yellow narcissi, delphinium, orange crown-imperial peony, auricula convolvulus and other flowers, on a marble slab

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Berjon, Antoine

An image of PD.218-1961_mas.tif

The Hon. Elizabeth Booth 1744-65

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Smart, John

An image of Miniature (painting)

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hilliard, Nicholas

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Maria Bushby 1773-1850

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hazlehurst, Thomas (?)

An image of Miniature (painting)

Krishna and Radha exchange clothes in the moonlight

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Miniature (painting)

Equestrian portrait of Prince Azam Shah

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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