Masterpieces in Little – Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - Hardcover

Lloyd, Christopher; Remington, Vanessa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851156940 ISBN 13: 9780851156941

Publisher: Boydell Press, 1997

Synopsis

Catalogue to the exhibition of portrait miniatures from the Royal Collection at the Queen's Gallery and across the United States. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of portrait miniatures from the Royal Collection to be shown in 1996-97 at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Huntington Library, and theVirginia Museum of Fine Arts. The artists range from Lucas Hornebolte, Henry VIII's limner, painting in the 1520s, to Sir William Charles Ross and his Victorian contemporaries. The collection has particular strengths in the Tudorand Stuart period and there are fine examples of the work of Hans Holbein the Younger, Nicholas Hilliard, Isaac and Peter Oliver, John Hoskins, Samuel Cooper, Jean Petitot and Charles Boit; eighteenth-century miniaturists include C.F. Zincke, Jeremiah Meyer and Richard Cosway. Theseventy-five miniatures are illustrated in colour, each with an extended catalogue entry. Three introductory essays discuss the formation of the Royal Collection; the development of the miniature, its style and technique; and the social history of the miniature. There is a full bibliography. CHRISTOPHER LLOYD is Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures; VANESSA REMINGTON works for the Royal Collection Trust.

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This fully-illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition of portrait miniatures from the Royal Collection shown in 1996-97 in the United Kingdom and America. The artists represented range from Lucas Hornebolte, Henry VIII's limner, painting in the 1520s, to Sir William Charles Ross and his Victorian contemporaries. The collection has particular strengths in the Tudor and Stuart period and the catalogue illustrates fine examples of the work of Hans Holbein the Younger, Francois Clouet, Nicholas Hilliard, Isaac and Peter Oliver, John Hoskins, Samuel Cooper, Jean Petitot and Charles Boit. Some of the best eighteenth-century miniaturists are also represented, such as C. F. Zincke, Jeremiah Meyer, and Richard Cosway. While many of the images in the catalogue are well-known, others have never been seen before in public, such as Jean-Etienne Liotard's Self-Portrait. The seventy-five miniatures are illustrated in colour and accompanied by a catalogue entry. The catalogue also includes three introductory essays: on the formation of the Royal Collection; the development of the miniature, its style and technique; and a social history of the miniature, together with a full bibliography.|The seventy-five miniatures are illustrated in colour and accompanied by a catalogue entry. The catalogue also includes three introductory essays: on formation of the Royal Collection; the development of the miniature, its style and technique; and a social history of the miniature, together with a full bibliography.

Edition details

• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851156940
• ISBN 13: 9780851156941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192