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Miniature Portrait Painting of Napoleon Signed by Prévost
By Prevost
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Miniature Portrait Painting of Napoleon signed by Prévost from the nineteenth century. The
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19th Century French Empire Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Brass

Antique Miniature Portrait Painting on Celluloid of a Lady Late 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique miniature portrait painting on celluloid of Marie Antoinette seated in parcel gilt frame
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19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Paint

Antique Miniature Portrait Painting on Celluloid of a Young Lady Late 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique miniature portrait painting on celluloid of Marie Antoinette seated in parcel gilt frame
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Late 19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Paint

Mid 19th Century French Nobleman Miniature Portrait Painting
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A French Nobleman Portrait.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Paint, Paper

19th Century French Miniature of Napoleon I after Paul Delaroche in Period Frame
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Vero Beach, FL
miniature portrait painting on porcelain from the late 19th century after the painting “Napoleon in His
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Porcelain, Wood

Antique Miniature Young Man Military Officer Portrait Painting John Smart, 1780
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique miniature portrait painting, John Smart (1741-1811). The painting circa 1780. A
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1780s English Georgian Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

Materials

Brass

19th Century Pair of English Husband and Wife Miniature Portraits
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of 19th century English miniature portrait paintings. On the back can be read: Joseph Storr
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19th Century English Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Wood

“Double Portrait”
Located in Southampton, NY
miniaturist. With the advent of photography, the need for miniature portrait paintings became obsolete, and
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1860s Academic Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Antique “Double Portrait”
“Double Portrait”
H 37 in W 30 in D 4.5 in
Portrait miniature after Boucher's portrait of Madame de Pompadour
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique portrait miniature was made after Boucher's famous painting of Madame de
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Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Silver

Thomas Heathfield Carrick, Miniature portrait of a gentleman
By Thomas Heathfield Carrick
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very delicately painted portrait miniature on marble of a distinguished looking gentleman. Superb
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Marble

19th Century Portrait Miniature, Young Man in Blue Coat
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Portrait Miniature, Young Man in Blue Coat As is
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19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Group of Three Miniature Portraits / English Gentlemen
Located in Dallas, TX
a group or collection of three miniature portrait paintings of gentlemen, framed together, the
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Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Silver

Fine Mid 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Lace Bonnet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Mid 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Lace Bonnet Finely detailed portrait
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

17th-Century English School, Portrait Miniature Of King Charles I, Oil On Copper
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite mid-17th-century portrait miniature depicts a gentleman, believed to be King Charles
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17th Century English School Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Copper

19th Century Miniature Painting of Five Sisters by Vincenzo Castelli. Signed. I
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Miniature Painting of Five Sisters by Vincenzo Castelli. Signed. Italian - 1789-1845
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Early 20th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Portrait of a Girl Holding Wool - British Edwardian female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted and much exhibited female artist
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Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century Painting. Miniature on ivory. Wooden frame with leather back
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19th Century Modern Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil, Canvas

MINIATURE - L'Empereur Napoleon Ier
By Jacques Lienard
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques Lienard (1779-1848) French Napoleon Ist Miniature on Porcelain Signed Porcelain: 5 1/2
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19th Century Academic Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Porcelain

Johann Paul Eisenmeyer, Portrait Of A Gentleman, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by Austrian artist Johann Paul Eisenmeyer (act.1820
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1840s Folk Art Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

The Easter Bonnet - Romantic Portrait Oil Painting by Gustave Jean Jacquet
By Gustave Jean Jacquet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel portrait circa 1890 by French Romantic painter Gustave Jean Jacquet. The work
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1890s Romantic Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil, Panel

Portrait of Charlotte Julianna Jane Howard - British Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
first painted miniatures but then changed to painting larger portraits. He painted Italian genre
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1840s Victorian Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Family Portrait in Market - British 1914 art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming early twentieth century Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by British Jewish
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1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Lost in Thought - Australian art 1920's portrait oil painting woman flowers
By Frederick William Leist
Located in London, GB
. It is a super portrait oil painting which depicts a beautiful young woman lost in contemplation
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1920s Realist Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Attributed J S Copley Two Nobles Portrait Paintings 18 century pastel parchment
Located in Florence, IT
specialized in portrait paintings. He started studying art under his stepfather Peter Pehlman, well-read and
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Late 18th Century Other Art Style Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Pastel, Parchment Paper, Cardboard

Marie Louise Bion (1858-1939) – Portrait of a Young Woman – 19thC Oil Painting
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Marie Louise Bion (Swiss, *1858 ; † 1939) • Portrait of a young Woman • Oil on canvas • Stretcher
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1880s Realist Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting of "Femme Avec Le Chapeau Plumé, by Hildebrandt
Located in New York, NY
enviable position among American portrait painters as well as of painters of fisher-folk….Mr. Hildebrandt
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1890s Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman in Green Coat -British 18thC art Old Master oil painting
By Francis Cotes
Located in London, GB
This lovely 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Francis Cotes
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady, Naïve Portrait, Folk Art, Puffy Sleeve, Staten Island
By John Bradley
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
known as Richmond Island. New York City directories list him as a portrait and miniature painter working
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Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Mrs. Johnstone
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in Miami, FL
at a miniature portrait with a landscape beyond. Raeburn's best work command the higher prices
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Early 1800s Realist Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Miniature portrait of a Gentleman 
Located in Lincoln, GB
Miniature portrait of a Gentleman  Early 19th Century, watercolour on paper c. 1840
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1840s Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Watercolor

Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miniature Portrait French School, late 18th/ early 19th century framed: 5.5 x 5.5 inches board: 2
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Watercolor

Portrait of a well-to-do gentleman
Located in DEVENTER, NL
given a monopoly on painting portraits of the guests that attended the King's famous Thursday Dinners.[1
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18th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Parchment Paper, Pastel

Scandinavian Family Portrait, Artist 18th Century, Scandinavian School
Located in Bruges, BE
Scandinavian Family Portrait Artist 18th century 18th Century Scandinavian School Signature: Not
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18th Century Medieval Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Egg Tempera

Portrait Miniature c1765 Letitia Preston Vallancey
Located in Holywell, GB
A fine sanguine chalk drawing on paper of Letitia aged about ten dating to around 1765. Unsigned, inscribed verso and presented in a 19th century mount and frame. “When Letitia Pres...
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1760s Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Chalk

Nathaniel Hone, portrait of "flora" roman goddess, 18th century
By Nathaniel Hone the Elder
Located in York, GB
August 1784) was an Irish-born portrait and miniature painter, and one of the founder members of the
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Portrait of a Girl, 18th Century Oil Old Master
By George Knapton
Located in London, GB
George Knapton 1698-1778 Portrait of a Girl Oil on canvas Image size: 20 x 18 inches Original
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil, Canvas

(American School, C. 1825) An Exceptional Quality Portrait of "Two Sisters"
Located in New York, NY
. Oil on canvas in gilt-wood frame. This powerful portrait painting depicts two sisters holding a
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Early 19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

19th Century Portrait, Child At Play , Attributed To Henry Tanworth Wells
Located in York, GB
an English miniature and portrait painter. He was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle though he
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Striking 18th Century Portrait of the 12th Earl of Caithness
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in London, GB
miniatures; meeting with success and patronage, he extended his practice to oil painting, at which he was
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18th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

19th century Portrait of a lady, Priscilla Osborn, William Jacob Baer
Located in York, GB
PORTRAIT OF PRISCILLA, MRS WILLIAM OSBORN half length, oil on canvas, WILLIAM JACOB BAER (1860-1941
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

'Portrait of a Gentleman Seated and Reading', Regency, Early Victorian Dandy
By George Richmond
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
money earned by painting miniatures in England before leaving and in France during his stay. He spent a
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1840s Realist Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of Young Gentleman, Lord George Douglas, Arcadian Landscape c.1710
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Young Gentleman, Lord George Douglas, in an Arcadian Landscape c.1710 Attributed to
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal
Located in Paris, FR
miniature painting. It was undoubtedly a portrait intended to remain very intimate in order to remember the
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

18th century portrait of the artist’s daughter, Catharina, playing the cello
By Balthasar Denner
Located in Bath, Somerset
in Hamburg which was at that time part of Denmark. He began as a painter of portrait miniatures and
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a French Gentleman By Portrait Miniature Artist Daniel Saint
By Daniel Saint
Located in Stockholm, SE
. However, he soon discovered his passion for painting and turned his attention to miniatures, which were
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Early 19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Gouache

Mather Brown (1761-1831) Portrait of Major-General John Robinson (1757-1819)
By Mather Brown
Located in London, GB
Mather Brown (1761-1831) Portrait of Major-General John Robinson (1757-1819) Oil on canvas; held
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Early 19th Century Romantic Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl of Essex, English School 17th Century
Located in London, GB
1537 for a miniature (London, National Portrait Gallery; S. Foister, Holbein & England, London, 2004, p
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady with her Hair Adorned with Flowers, 18th Century French
Located in London, GB
was the most wanted artist in Paris for portraits. He was married to the miniature painter Marie
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18th Century French School Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Canvas, Oil

17th century portrait of lady in an ivory silk gown and lace collar
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in Bath, Somerset
. Johnson's scale of portraits varied from tiny miniatures to full-lengths and large group portraits. His
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil, Canvas

Famous American Artist John O'Brien Inman (1828-1896) O/C Antique 1864 Portrait
Located in Framingham, MA
landscapes and miniatures, as well as portraits and genre scenes. After a first exhibition in 1853 at the
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1860s Impressionist Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Guinevere - 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting of Arthururian Queen Legend
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Early 19th Century Watercolour - Miniature Portrait of a Victorian Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early 19th Century miniature portrait of a kindly looking gentleman in a smart black
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Early 19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Watercolor

Guinevere - 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting of King Arthur Queen Legend
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Antique Miniature Portrait with an 18-Karat Yellow Gold Frame & Fitted Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed miniature portrait was made in England in approximately 1900 in the period
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Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Gold

The Rose Seller
Located in St. Albans, GB
and the large, vibrant bouquet of roses creates a piece perfect for any situation. It is a painting
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1890s Victorian Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil

Napoleón and his family.
Located in MADRID, ES
Miniature 19 century, painted in ivory
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19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Panel

Napoleón and his family.
Napoleón and his family.
H 1.19 in W 0.79 in D 0.4 in
Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil
Located in London, GB
spartan room. The man holds a miniature portrait of a lady, so more than likely his wife who has passed
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Oil, Board

Mrs. Scott - Miniature c.1856 Watercolour, Mary Knottesford Fortescue
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine miniature portrait of Mary Knottesford Fortescue (1841-1879). Mary was the daughter of
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Mid-19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Watercolor

Pair of Miniature Mid 19th Century Watercolours - Brother and Sister
Located in Corsham, GB
Two exquisite mid 19th Century miniature portraits in watercolour. The children are in their finest
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Mid-19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Watercolor

Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait Of Mrs Powell
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautifully executed, Regency era portrait of an older woman in a lace mob cap. She is sporting
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19th Century Antique Miniature Portrait Painting

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Watercolor

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Miniature portraits were first painted on a variety of mediums, some of the more popular being vellum, and card or cardboard. Paintings would typically be done in watercolor. Later painting in enamel on metal became a classic medium for painting miniature portraits. On 1stDibs, find an array of authentic miniature portraits.