Portrait miniature

A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache or watercolor.

France

The earliest French miniature painters were Jean Clouet (died c. 1540), his son François Clouet, Jean Fouquet, Jean Perreal and others; but of their work in portraiture we have little trace at the present day, although there are many portraits and a vast number of drawings attributed to them with more or less reason. The seven portraits in the manuscript of the Gallic War (Bibliothque Nationale) are assigned to the eider Clouet; and to them may be added a fine work, in the Pierpont Morgan collection, representing the Marschal de Brissac. Following these men we find Renard de Saint-André (1613–1677), and Jean Cotelle; the fine draughtsmen Etienne Picart; and then, later on, we know of miniatures by Nicolas Largillire, François Boucher, Jean-Marc Nattier, and Jean-Germain Drouais; but the greatest names are those of Peter Adolph Hall of Sweden, François Dumont of France, and Friedrich-Heinrich Füger of Austria. The tiny pictures painted by the von Blarenberghe family are by many persons grouped as miniatures, and some of the later French artists, as Pierre-Paul Prudhon and Constance Meyer, executed miniature portraits, while others whose names might be mentioned were Joseph Werner (1637–1710), Rosalba Carriera (1675–1757), Pasquier, Carlo Marsigli, Garriot, Sicardi and Festa. The most popular artists in France, however, were Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Augustin (1759–1832) and Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–;1855). Their portraits of Napoleon and his court are exceedingly fine, and perhaps no other Frenchman painted miniatures so well as did Augustin. The Spanish painter Francisco Goya is known to have executed a few miniatures.

Related Topics:
Jean Clouet - 1540 - François Clouet - Jean Fouquet - Jean Perreal - Renard de Saint-André - 1613 - 1677 - Jean Cotelle - Etienne Picart - Nicolas Largillire - François Boucher - Jean-Marc Nattier - Jean-Germain Drouais - Peter Adolph Hall - Sweden - François Dumont - France - Friedrich-Heinrich Füger - Austria - Pierre-Paul Prudhon - Constance Meyer - Joseph Werner - 1637 - 1710 - Rosalba Carriera - 1675 - 1757 - Carlo Marsigli - Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Augustin - 1759 - 1832 - Jean-Baptiste Isabey - 1767 - 1855 - Napoleon - Francisco Goya

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