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Portrait Miniatures: Artists, Functions, Manufacturing Aspects and Collections
4th Conference Proceedings, The Tansey Miniatures Foundation, 2026
In this fourth volume of conference proceedings, twenty-one internationally renowned experts from ten countries explore the miniature portrait from different perspectives, highlighting the private use of miniatures...
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Miniatures from the Romantic Era
Exhibition catalogue: Miniatures from the Romantic Era in the Tansey Collection
The Romantic period was a particularly brilliant era for portrait miniatures. An army of artists created portraits of great sensitivity and astonishing technical perfection.
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Portrait Miniatures: Artists, Functions, Techniques, and Collections
3rd Conference Proceedings, The Tansey Miniatures Foundation, 2023
In this third volume of conference proceedings, twenty-one internationally renowned experts from ten countries explore the miniature portrait from different perspectives, highlighting the private use of miniatures...
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Miniatures from the Time of Napoleon
Catalogue of Miniatures from the Time of Napoleon, 2020
The 150 portrait miniatures from the epoch of Napoleon I (between 1795 and 1815) presented in this volume are astonishing in their high artistic level and craftsmanship. In contrast to the theatrically exaggerated portrait of absolutism, the people depicted here are realisti...
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Portrait Miniatures: Artists, Functions and Collections
2nd Conference Proceedings, The Tansey Miniatures Foundation, 2018
Portrait miniatures are hardly ever the subject of art history conferences. For this reason, and because miniature painting is far more than simply painting in the smallest format, the Tansey Miniatures Foundation devoted a further symposium to this subject in 2016. The result...
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Miniatures from the Baroque Period
Catalogue of Miniatures from the Baroque Period in the Tansey Collection, 2016
This catalogue is the first publication ever devoted to 17th century portrait miniatures. The little-known but particularly impressive miniature painting of the Baroque age is presented with the aid of 120 works from the Tansey Collection, one of Europe’s leading private colle...
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Jean-Baptiste Jacques AUGUSTIN, 1759–1832
Artist monograph Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, Bernd Pappe
This first extensive monograph on the outstanding miniature painter Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin presents a multi-faceted view of the artist. An account of his life is followed by chapters on his painting technique, his Paris studio with numerous students, his frie...
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European Portrait Miniatures. Artists, Functions and Collections
1st Conference Proceedings, The Tansey Miniatures Foundation, 2014
European portrait miniatures of the 17th to 20th centuries – far too rarely the focus of art historians’ attention – are illuminated from various viewpoints in a series of essays by nineteen internationally recognised specialists. This volume brings together studies of the man...
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Miniatures from the Time of Marie Antoinette
Catalogue of Miniatures from the Time of Marie Antoinette in the Tansey Collection, 2013
The fifth catalogue edited by “The Tansey Miniatures Foundation” presents portrait miniatures from the time of Marie Antoinette in coloured illustrations of original size, together with accompanying texts and references to the provenance and corresponding literature. It can be...
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Miniatures from the Rococo Period
Catalogue of Miniatures from the Rococo Period in the Tansey Collection, 2008
The Tansey Collection foundation’s fourth catalogue examines the as yet little known portrait miniatures of the Rococo period. They are represented in colour reproductions of original size and are individually described. Amplified by well-founded essays, a general overview eme...
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Miniatures from the Time of the French Revolution 1789 -1799
Catalogue of Miniatures from the Time of the French Revolution(1789-1799) in the Tansey Collection, 2005
The Tansey Collection Foundation’s third catalogue introduces european miniatures from the years of the french revolution. Colour representations of original size and well-founded texts guide through this magnificent coloured book. This volume is published to accompany an e...
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Miniatures from the 19th Century
Catalogue of Miniatures from the 19th Century in the Tansey Collection, 2002
In October 2002 another catalogue was published to accompany the second exhibition in the Bomann-Museum in Celle, which is wholly dedicated to the portrait miniature of the 19th century. The French and Austrian school, most important centres of continental miniature paintin...
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Miniatures from the Tansey Collection
Catalogue of Miniatures from the Tansey Collection, 2000
This catalogue, published by Hirmer in 2000, is the first of a row of publications accompanying the miniature exhibitions of the Tansey Collection in the Bomann-Museum in Celle. The catalogue shows 145 miniatures from the heyday of miniature painting and gives you an idea o...