Miscellaneous Portrait Miniatures & Related Objects: Nineteenth Century
Listed in chronological order by the date of each painting
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Madame Helyot (1645-1682),
French Mystic of the Seventeenth Century
French
circa 1800
Artist unknown -- painted after a seventeenth century
copperplate engraving by Gérard Edelinck (1640-1707)
3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (sight)
watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt wood and gesso frame
Joseph II (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor from 1764 to 1790
circa 1800-1820
Artist Unknown
1 3/16 x 1 5/8 inches (sight)
Formerly a holding of the King Umberto Collection
(Umberto II of Italy -- 1848-1924 -- 4th Great Nephew of Joseph II)
Early Nineteenth Century Depiction of
Peter Almadura (ca. 1400-1482),
Bishop of Bergamo, Italy,
Noted Dominican Theologian and
Lexicographer, Wearing a
Bishop's Biretta with a Red Pom and a Jeweled Pectoral Cross
Italian
circa 1805
Artist unknown
3 1/2 inches diameter (sight)
watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal surround
that was originally set within an ebonized wood frame
Early Nineteenth Century Depiction of Twelfth Century
French Philosopher Pierre Abélard (ca. 1079-1142) in a Loving
Embrace with His Young Student, Héloïse d’Argenteuil (1100-1863)
French
circa 1800-1810
Artist unknown
2 inches diameter (sight)
watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal surround
(which was likely originally set within the lid of a decorative container)
Allegorical Miniature Depicting an Interpretation
of the Birth of Venus, Flanked by Two Cherubs, One
Holding a Flaming Torch and the Other a Five-Pointed Star
French
circa 1830-1840
by A. Clunot (not a known, listed miniature painter)
(signed obverse, lower right, "A. Clunot" -- might alternatively read "A. Clunet")
3 x 2 1/2 inches (sight)
watercolor en grisaille on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt metal
surround that was likely originally set within the lid of a
decorative box (i.e., jewelry box, snuff box, or patch box)
Scottish Novelist Jane Porter (1775-1850),
Depicted as the Abbess of Burnham Abbey,
a Character in One of Her Books
English
dated 1836
by Peter Kennedy (unlisted artist)
(inscribed to the reverse, "Lady Jane Porter /
as a Lady Abbess / on marble / Peter Kennedy / 1836")
3 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (sight); full frame measures 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
watercolor on marble; housed under glass in a gilt wood and gesso frame
Cameo Portrait of an Mid-Nineteenth Century Boy,
Carved into Shell and Mounted in a 15 Karat Gold Brooch
Italian
circa 1850
Signed obverse right edge, "Saulini F[ecit]"
2 x 2 1/2 inches
Cameo Portrait of a Mid-Nineteenth Century Gentleman,
Carved into Shell and Mounted in a 14 Karat Gold and
Black Enamel Brooch
Likely French
Signed and dated to the reverse, "Adele H., 1859"
1 x 1 1/4 inches (sight);
full brooch measures 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches
A Champion English Bulldog Named "Grabber"
English
dated 1894
by John William Bailey
1 3/4 inches diameter
enamel on porcelain, set in a gold mount
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