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

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Henriette Wolters 1692-1741

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Quinkhard, Jan Maurits

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The Hon. Mrs Peirse

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Majer, Jeremias

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Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson, K.B.E. 1898-1975

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Massey, Gertrude

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General, The Viscount Feilding 1760-99

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cosway, Richard

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James Gandon 1743-1823

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hone, Horace

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William Linley 1771-1835

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Barry, James

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Lady Elizabeth Berkeley d. 1828

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Humphry, Ozias

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George IV as Prince Regent 1762-1830

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cosway, Richard

? Seated Prince embracing courtesan with a fly whisk

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Plaque

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Ferguson, James (1700s)

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Eight ladies together forming a sedan, in which are seated a God and a Princess

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Oliver, Isaac I

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Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset 1589-1624

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Oliver, Isaac I

Unknown Man

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Daniel, Joseph

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Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis 1738-1805

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Smart, John

?Mrs Ross

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Engleheart, George

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Elizabeth of Bohemia 1596-1662

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Oliver, Peter (Imitator of)

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Master Bunbury

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Engleheart, George

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Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Oliver, Isaac I

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Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Oliver, Isaac I

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Lady Anne Jane Gower d. 1832

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hone, Nathaniel I

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A brown stone vase of flowers with a bird's nest on a marble slab

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Spaendonck, Gerard van

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