The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of more than 300 European portrait miniatures is catalogued in this book, published to accompany an exhibition at the museum. Dating from the early-16th century to about 1850, the works fall broadly into three categories - French, English and Continental.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of more than 300 European portrait miniatures is catalogued in this book, published to accompany an exhibition at the museum. Dating from the early-16th century to about 1850, the works fall broadly into three categories - French, English and Continental.
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New/Sealed. Red cloth boards. pictorial dustjacket. 207 pgs w/ illustrations. content as follows: This publication is a catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum's permanent collection of more than three hundred European miniatures. In origin these works fall into three categories-British, French, and Continental-and date from the early sixteenth century to about 1850. The collection includes one of two known portrait miniatures by Jean Clouet, who is credited with originating this genre, and three of no more than twenty recognized portrait miniatures by Hans Holbein the Younger, the first great master of this art. Most of the important figures in this field-Hilliard, Hoskins, Cooper, Hall, Fuger, Zincke, Cosway, and Isabey-are represented, as are several painters who worked primarily in larger formats-Fragonard, the Van Blarenberghes, and Rosalba Carriera, for example. The majority of the miniatures are hitherto unpublished.
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New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 207 p. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover, brand new still in publisher s shrink wrap. Catalogue of the museum's permanent collection of more than three hundred European miniatures (British, French, and Continental) dating from the early sixteenth century to about 1850. With one of the two known portrait miniatures by Jean Clouet and three of the twenty recognized portrait miniatures by Hans Holbein the Younger Including examples by all the important figures in the field (Hilliard, Hoskins, Cooper, Hall, Fuger, Zincke, Cosway, and Isabey). Most of the miniatures are hitherto unpublished. Shipped boxed in bubble wrap. with tracking. four-level 4-A
