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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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0810965038. 208 pp., includes index of artists, collectors, gold box makers, sitters; 4to; cloth in pictorial jacket; 399 illustrations, 85 in color.
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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 The majority of the miniatures are hitherto unpublished.
Add this copy of European Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art to cart. $34.26, like new condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1996 by The Metroplolitan Museum of Art..
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to. HEAVY. 208pp, indexes, 399 ills (85 col). Or burgundy cloth in jacket. As new. A catalogue of European miniatures from the Metropolitan's collection of more tha 300. British, French and Continental in origin they include one of only two portrait miniatures known by Clouet (credited with originating the genre), and 3 of no more than 20 by Hans Holbein the Younger. Also represented are Hilliard, Hoskins, Cooper, Hall, Fuger, Zincke, Cosway, and Isabey as well as several painters more widely known for their larger works including Fragonard, the Van Blarenberghes and Rosalba Carriera.
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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