German: Georg Emanuel Opiz

Miniature portrait by Georg Emanuel Opiz of an early nineteenth century girl holding her pet kitten

Early Nineteenth Century German Girl
Holding Her Pet Kitten

German
circa 1820
by Georg Emanuel Ortiz (1775-1841)
(signed obverse, lower right, "Opiz")

1 1/2 x 2 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a gilt copper surround that was
likely originally set within an ebonized wood frame or the cover of a decorative box