European Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Graham Reynolds, Katharine Baetjer

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996 - Art - 207 pages

This publication is a catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum's permanent collection of more than three hundred European miniatures. In origin these works fall into three categories - British, French, and Continental - and date from the early sixteenth century to about 1850. The collection includes one of two known portrait miniatures by Jean Clouet, who is credited with originating this genre, and three of no more than twenty recognized portrait miniatures by Hans Holbein the Younger, the first great master of this art. Most of the important figures in this field - Hilliard, Hoskins, Cooper, Hall, Fuger, Zincke, Cosway, and Isabey - are represented, as are several painters who worked primarily in larger formats - Fragonard, the Van Blarenberghes, and Rosalba Carriera, for example. The majority of the miniatures are hitherto unpublished.

Contents

• DIRECTORS FOREWORD Philippe de Montebello: 7
• PREFACE Graham Reynolds and Katharine Baetjer: 9
• INTRODUCTION: 10
• ΙΟ Graham Reynolds: 14
• COLOR PLATES: 15
• CATALOGUE: 65
• French Sixteenth Century: 67
• Continental Sixteenth Century: 69
• British Sixteenth Century: 72
• French Seventeenth Century: 74
• Continental Seventeenth Century: 75
• British Seventeenth Century: 78
• French Eighteenth Century: 88
• Continental Eighteenth Century: 116
• British Eighteenth Century: 128
• French Nineteenth Century 164 Continental Nineteenth Century: 148
• British Nineteenth Century: 149
• Appendix 181 Continental Sixteenth Century: 181
• Continental Seventeenth Century: 182
• British Seventeenth Century: 184
• French Eighteenth Century 192 Continental Eighteenth Century: 192
• British Eighteenth Century: 196
• French Nineteenth Century 198 Continental Nineteenth Century: 198
• British Nineteenth Century: 200
• INDEX OF ARTISTS: 203
• INDEX OF COLLECTORS: 205
• INDEX Of Makers GOLD BOXES 206 INDEX OF SITTERS: 206

Bibliographic information

• Title: European Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Authors: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Graham Reynolds, Katharine Baetjer
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996
• ISBN: 0870998080, 9780870998089
• Length: 207 pages
• Subjects: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General; Crafts & Hobbies / Miniatures; Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest