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Christian Horneman's miniature portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (1802).. In Denmark, Cornelius Høyer specialized in miniature painting (often 40 mm × 30 mm or approximately 1-1.5 inches, or in many case, oval or round in shape) in the second half of the 18th century and was appointed Miniature Painter to the Danish Court in 1769.
The portrait miniature is the most common form in recent centuries, and from ancient times, engraved gems, often used as impression seals, and cylinder seals in various materials were very important. For example most surviving examples of figurative art from the Indus Valley civilization and in Minoan art are very small seals.
The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, more commonly known as the Royal Miniature Society (RMS), is an art society founded in 1895 dedicated to upholding and continuing the tradition of miniature painting and sculpture, [1] generally meaning the painted portrait miniature, a particular English tradition.
The origin of the portrait as a miniature was rediscovered in 2009 by musicologist Michael Lorenz, after a very intensive restoration in the early 1960s had blurred the limits. [71] In the spring of 1783, Mozart had the miniature sent to his father in Salzburg, alongside a similar one of Constanze, both referenced in a letter.
Portrait Miniature of Katherine Howard [76] c. 1540 Watercolour on vellum 5.3 cm diameter Buccleuch collection, Strawberry Hill House: Portrait of a Lady, probably a Member of the Cromwell Family [77] c. 1535–1540 Oil and tempera on oak 74 × 48 cm Toledo Museum of Art: Portrait Miniature of Jane Small, also called "Jane Pemberton" [78] c. 1540
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Portrait Miniature of Hans Schwarzwaldt is a watercolour on vellum portrait completed in around 1535–1540 by German artist and printmaker, Hans Holbein the Younger. The painting shows a young man against a clear blue background. Only the head and shoulders are shown, turned three-quarters to the viewer's right, the eyes cast down.
Self-portrait (1815) Christian Horneman (15 August 1765 – 7 March 1844) was a Danish miniature and pastels painter, mainly known for portraits. He was the father of the composer Emil Horneman and grandfather of C. F. E. Horneman, also a composer.