portrait miniature
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art of painting
- In painting: Miniature painting
Portrait miniatures, or limnings, were originally painted in watercolor with body color on vellum and card. They were often worn in jeweled, enameled lockets. Sixteenth-century miniaturists, such as Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean Clouet, Nicholas Hilliard, and Isaac Oliver, painted them in the tradition of…
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