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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Katherine, Lady Lowther d. 1712

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cross, Peter

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Maria Marowe, Lady Eardley 1743-94

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cosway, Richard

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Henry C. Drummond

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Engleheart, George

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Ozias Humphrey 1742-1810

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Spicer, Henry

An image of Miniature (painting)

The Hon. Anne Rushout d. 1849

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Plimer, Andrew

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Unknown Man

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cooper, Samuel

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Polo match in a landscape with a mounted figure taking refreshment in the background, and distant buildings, upper left

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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An unknown man, presumably an émigré, wearing the Cross of St Louis

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Smart, John

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Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Cotes, Samuel

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Unknown Boy

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Rosse, Susan Penelope, (nee Gibson)

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William Aiton 1731-93

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Engleheart, John Cox Dillman

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John Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensbury and Dover 1662-1711

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Boit, Carl (Charles)

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Marie Henriette de la Briffe, Comtesse le Bret de Belles

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Zasche, Josef

An image of Miniature (painting)

Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Smart, John

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The Rev. John Clay 1796-1858

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hargreaves, Thomas

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Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Oliver, Peter

An image of Miniature (painting)

Emperor Bahadur Shah I receiving a courtier

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Nainsukh of Guler (Attributed to)

An image of Miniature (painting)

Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Hilliard, Nicholas

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Unknown Lady

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Cooper, Samuel

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?Michael Frederick Trench of Heywood 1746-1836

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Majer, Jeremias

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Self-portrait

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Thomond, Mary, Marchioness of, (nee Palmer)

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Raja Man Singh of Amber

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

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Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland 1646-90

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Gibson, Richard (Dwarf Gibson)

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A vase of roses, iris, hyacinth, tulip and other flowers on a marble slab with a pineapple, peach, grapes & a bird

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Pol, Christiaen van

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