Images of the past

A chronologue of beauty

Tuesday 5 June 2012

Miniature portraits


Hans Holbein the Younger



Simon George of Cornwall,1536-37



Anne of Cleves,1539



Edward IV as a child,1543


Francois Clouet


Unknown Lady,c.1545



Catherine de Medici,1555



Unknown Lady, c.1550


Unknown Lady possibly Mary Queen of Scots,c.1555



Mariana of Austria,c.1560



Mary Queen of Scots,c.1565



Portrait of Claude Gouffier,c.1568



Margaret of Valois,1572



Margaret of Valois,1570s



Henriette de Clèves, 4th Duchesse de Nevers,c.1570



Portrait of Cosme de Pascarenges,c.1570



Portrait of a nobleman,1570s



Portrait of a nobleman,1570s



Henry III of France,1571



Unknown Lady,c.1570



Unknown Lady,c.1570


Levina Teerlinc

Coronation miniature portrait of Elizabeth I,1559



Elizabeth I receiving ambassadors,1560



Lady Catherine Gray,1565



Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney, c. 1575


Leonard Limousin


Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville, princesse de Condé,c.1570



Unknown Lady said to be the Duchesse d'Etampes,c.1570



Unfinished miniature of Margaret de Valois,c.1575


Nicholas Hilliard


Unknown Gentleman,1572



Charles Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham ,1576 



Lady Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox,1576



Francois Duc d'Anjou,1577



Margaret de Valois,1577



Elizabeth I playing the lute,c.1580



Sir Walter Raleigh,1581-84 




Frances Kingsmill,c.1580-85



Elizabeth I,unfinished miniature,1585



Unknown young man,1585



Sir Henry Unton,1586



Unknown Lady,1585-90



Elizabeth I,c. 1587



Young man standing among roses,1588



Portrait of a Young Man, Probably Robert Devereux,1588



Elizabeth I,1585-90



Unknown lady of the Howard Family,1588



Unknown Lady,c.1590



George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland c 1590



Portrait of Sir Anthony Mildmay 1590-93 



Unknown Ladies,1593



Unknown Lady,c.1595



Elizabeth I,1590-1600




Elizabeth I,1590-1600



Anne of Denmark,1590-1600



Elizabeth I,c. 1600


Unknown Lady,1602



James I,c.1600



Frances Walsingham,c.1600



Elizabeth I,c.1600



Penelope Rich,c.1600



Elizabeth I,c.1600



Anne of Denmark,c.1600



Unknown Lady,1590-1600


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Elizabeth Princess Royal,c.1605



Elizabeth I,c.1605



James I of England,c.1610



Unknown Lady,c.1615


Isaac Oliver


Unknown Gentleman,1605



Elizabeth Princess Royal,1610s



Lady Lucy Percy,c.1610



Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton c.1610 
                                                               


The Countess of Bedford,c1610



Oliver Herbert,Baron Herbert of Cherbury,1610-14



Anne of Denmark dressed for a masque,1608-12



A Lady in masquerade costume,c.1610



Lady dressed as Flora,c.1610



Portrait of Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford,1612



Anne of Denmark,1612



Lucy Harington, Countess of Bedford,1612-16 



Frances Howard Countess of Somerset,1615-20



Goddess Diana,1615



The goddess Diana,c1615



Unknown Lady,c1615



Charles Prince of Wales,c.1615



Richard Sackville,Earl of Dorset,1616


Peter Oliver


The Earl of Pembroke,1617



Venetia Stanley,c1615



Charles Prince of Wales,1615



Lady Lucy Percy,1620s


John Hoskins


Henrietta Maria Queen of England,1632



Charles II as a child,c.1640s



Henrietta Maria Queen of England,1645



Henrietta Maria Queen of England,1640-50



Henrietta Maria Queen of England,1664


Samuel Cooper 


Henrietta Maria Queen of England,1630s



Portrait of a man in armor,c1660



Frances Theresa Stuart,1666



Catherine Braganza Queen of England,c.1665


Jean Daniel Welper


Lady in hunting costume,c.1750



Lady in hunting costume,c.1750.det.



Lady dressed as a pilgrim,c.1750



The daughters of Louis XV dressed for a masque,1758


Jean Marie Ribou


Portrait of a Lady,1780s



Margueritte de Montmorency,Princesse de Conde,1780s



Anne of Austria,1780s



Marie Medici,1780s


Hugh Douglas Hamilton


Emilia Duchess of Leinster,1780s



Portrait of a Gentleman,1780s



Henrietta Molesworth,1780s



Lady Ellen Newport,1780s



John Viscount Crosbie,1780s



Lady Loft as Hebe,1780s



Boris Golytsin,1791


Richard Cosway


George IV while Prince of Wales,1781-82



Mary Robinson as Perdita,c.1780



Luigi Marchesi,c.1780-90



Portrait of Sir James Hamlyn and his wife,1789


John Donaldson


The Honorable William Pitt,c.1780



An officer,c.1780



Portrait of a Lady,c.1780



Lady in a white dress,c.1780-90

                                      
Antoine Vestier


Anne Felicite Simone de Serent,1788



Marie Emilie de Serent,1788


Francois Dumont


Portait of a Lady,1780-90s



Portrait of a Lady,1780-1790s


Jean-Baptiste Soyer 



Portrait of a Gentleman,1789



Lady in a blue coat,c.1790


Louis Perin-Salbreux



Young woman with a rose,c.1780



Lady in a park,1790s



Lady in a purple redingote,1790s



Lady reading in a park,1790s



Lady in a white dress,c.1790


Louis Marie Sicard


Lady in a hat,1790s



Portrait of a Lady,1790s



Lady with Feather Hat,1795


Peter Adolf Hall


Portait of a man,1790s


Woman in a white dress,1790s


Nicolas Lavreince  



Madame du Barry after Vigee LeBrun,1780s



Portrait of a Lady,1790s



Lady in a park,1790s



Young lady in Directoire costume,1790s

Augustin Christian Ritt 



Marquise Cherizy and her son,1790s



Sophia Stroganova,1790s



Elisabeth Alexandrovna Empress of Russia,c.1790


Jean Urbain Guerin  


Couple in a park,c.1790



Louis Charles Count of Beaujolais,c.1790



General Kleber,c.1790



Portrait of a Lady,c.1790


 Lady in White Dress with Rose Sprig,1792 



Gentleman in Red-Blue Coat,1796 


Jacques Lemoine


Portait of a singer,c.1790



Portrait of a boy,c.1790


Jean Baptiste Augustin


Young Lady,c.1790



Young lady,c.1800


Francois Dumont



Three Ladies with flowers,1792



Pauline de Chauvigny, Duchess D'Aumont,1794



Unknown Lady,1795


Alexander Molinari


Boris Golytsin,1810



Natalia Zubov,1810



Christopher Raedar,1810-15


Pietro de Rossi


Portrait of a Lady,c.1810



Kirill Alexandr Naryshkin,1815


Alois Gustav Rockstuhl



Nicholas I as a child,1806



Aleksandar Alekseevich Rzhevsky,1807



Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich,1816


Jean Baptiste Isabey


Empress Marie Louise of France,1810



Elizabeth Alekseevna Empress of Russia,1810



Hortensia Beuharnais Bonaparte Queen of Holland,1812



Dorothea Lieven,1820 


Antheleme Lagrenee



Maria Kochubey,1820s



Portrait of a family,c.1820


Moritz Daffinger


Countess Fernandine Karoly,1840



Maria Dorothea Princess of Wuttemberg,1845

Other Artists


Portrait of Louis Balzac d'Entragues by an unknown artist,1570s



Portrait of a gentleman called Saint-Magrin by an unknown artist,c.1570



Miniature portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by an unknown painter,c1580



Portrait of a Moravian Woman Attributed to Pieter Pietersz the Younger  1590-1600



Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé miniature by Jacques de Gheyn ,c.1600



Elizabeth of Brandenbourg by an unknown painter,c.1600



Walburg de Neuenahr, comtesse de Hornes,unknwn artist,c.1600



Philippe de Montmorency comte de Hornes,unknown painter,1600s



Louis XIII after Rubens,1626



Portrait of a Lady,c.1630



Charles I of England by Henri Toutin,1636



Portrait of a man by Franz Kessler,c.1650



Portrait of a young Lady,Spanish unknown artist,c.1650



Spanish Lady,anon.,c.1650



Catherine of Braganza by Jacob Huysmans,c.1660



Portrait of a Nobleman,anon.,c.1720-30



Karl Alexander, Duke of Lorraine by anon.,1740s



Lady in Hunting Costume by anon.,1750s



Gentleman in Mauve Coat by anon.,c.1760



Marie Françoise Catherine Marquise de Boufflers by anon.,c.1760



Anna Amalie, Princess of Prussia by anon.,c.1760



The Lomellis Children by anon.,c.1760



Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel hunting costume by anon.,c.1760



Portrait of a Lady by Robert Mussard,c.1760



Lady at a Balustrade by Karol Bechon,1765



Count Grigory Orlov by anon.,c.1700 



Count Grigory Orlov by anon.,c.1700 




Portrait of a Lady by anon.,1770s



Portrait of a Lady in blue dress by anon.,1770s




Mary Robinson as Perdita by William Artaud,c.1780



Stéphanie-Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis by anon.,1780 s



Unknown Lady by anon,1785



Lady in feathered hat by Charles Nicolas Guillon ,c.1780-90



Portrait of a Lady by Augustin Dubourg,after 1788



Unknown Lady by J.A.Debuisson,1789



Unknown Lady,c.1780s



Portrait of a youg Lady by unknown artist,c.1780s



Portrait of Jean Alut by Pierre Chasselat,1780-90



Portrait of a gentleman by Joseph Deranton,1780-90



Unknown gentleman by Adelaide Labille-Guiard,1780-90



Ivan Ivanovich Panaev by anon.,1790s



Unknown lady by Domenico Garbi,c.1790



Unknown lady by anon.,1790s



Gundaccar I, Prince of Colloredo-Mansfeld by Franz de Paula,c.1790



Unknown Lady by Jean-Baptiste Letellier,1790-91



The Countess Hrabianki and her daughters by Lesseuer,1792



Unknown gentleman by Louis Narcisse d' Aigremont,1792



Lady in a white dress by anon.,1792



Lady with Portrait Miniature at Black Bow by Conti,1793



Unknown Lady by Jean Pierre Thiboust,1794



Unknown gentleman by Pierre Rouvier,1794



Lady in brown riding costume by anon.,1795



Lady with white fichu by anon.,1796



Portrait of Nikolaus Esterházy by Heinrich Fueger,1797



Unknown gentleman by Wendelin Moosbrugger,1798




Elizaveta Shakhovskaya by Stroli,1790s



Unknown Lady by Charles Bourgeois,1790s



Portrait of général Cacault by anon.,1790s



Portrait of General Bard by anon.,c.1790



George Washington by Walter Robertson,1799



Portrait of a Deputy of the Convention by J.F. Garnerey,c.1790



Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Lefevre,1790-1800



Mother with a child by Edouard Stroley,c.1800



Portrait of Marie Victoire Jaquotot by C.E.Guay,1800s



Portrait of a Lady by George Chinnery,c.1810



Lady with a guitar by Beaunis,1819



Unknown lady by Johann Friedrich Dietler,1827



Portrait of Mathilde von Clary by Peter Emanuel Thomas,1831



Lady in brown dress by Etienne  Bouchardy,1832



Lady in a white dress by anon.1833



Portrait of Pierre Paul Piquet de Bellet by Charles Quesnet,1841



Queen Marie Amelie of France by Millet,c.1850



Marie de Medici by Marie Victorie Aquitot,19th c



4 comments:

  1. catherine braganza not barbara

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    1. Yes..thanks for pointing that out it's been fixed!

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  2. "Portrait of a Lady,1780s" resembles the portrait of ducess de Bofort by Thomas Gainsborough from the Hermitage museum:
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Portrait_of_a_Lady_in_Blue_-_WGA8414.jpg

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