The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both
passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in
watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and
one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the
advent of photography. This book features over seventy of the
finest miniatures in the Wallace Collection, all of them reproduced
in color, most for the first time. The volume spans the period from
the mid-16th to the late-19th centuries. The entries include much
new information on the miniatures and are accompanied by images of
related works in the Wallace Collection and elsewhere. There are
introductory essays on the history of the collection and on French
eighteenth-century miniatures, a particular highlight of the
collection.
Exceptional among English-language publications in its focus on
French miniatures, this book offers a fascinating and tantalizing
glimpse into the magical world of the miniature.
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