Miniatures from the Romantic Era

The Romantic period was a particularly brilliant era for portrait miniatures. An army of artists created portraits of great sensitivity and astonishing technical perfection. 142 masterpieces from the renowned Tansey Collection shed light on the heyday of an art that had to give way to photography in the course of the 19th century.

Essays:

• Bernd Pappe: Miniatures from the Romantic Era in the Tansey Collection
• Bernd Pappe: A Decline and New Beginnings: The Miniature Portrait at the Dawn of the Photographic Era
• Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard: Mansion (Nancy 1785–1870 London) and His Students
• Bernardo Falconi: Portrait Miniatures in Milan during the Romantic Era (1815–1848)

Catalogue entries: Bernd Pappe, Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten

Information: Bernd Pappe

Chief Editors: Bernd Pappe, Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten

Photography and digital image processing: Birgitt Schmedding