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Set of Four Middle Eastern Signed Miniatures
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Pre 1930 item# 1171642 (stock# 463AOG)
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The Art and Orchid Gallery
561-575-6868
$395 for Set of Four
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The Art and Orchid Gallery's figural limnings are hand painted with incredible precision of curved forms (see enlarged photos). The hair, facial contours, leaf veins and clothing details are best appreciated under magnification. The artist used soft pastel enamels like the famed Italian miniaturist, Rosalba Carriera, initiated in the 17-18th Centuries.[44A] Our set of four limnings are not portraits as was the custom for that period, but are fanciful painting from "Les Mille et Une Nuit ...click for details
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Miniature Portrait, Signed, Dated
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Pre 1960 item# 1157789 (stock# 409AOG)
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561-575-6868
$239
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The Art and Orchid Gallery's hand painted miniature in an elaborate frame was done in 1957 by Bogota. It appears to be a portrait of a blue-eyed, blond boy named Thoret. He is well dressed in white shirt, red bow tie, and green herringbone jacket. The painting was done on an oval disk and mounted in an elaborate gilded frame with ribbon cartouche appliques and old Greek dot-and-dash inner molding.[152A] To preserve its excellent condition, the miniature and gilded frame was mounted inside a ...click for details
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Antique German Limning of Marie Antoinette
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Pre 1920 item# 1113484 (stock# 305AOG)
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561-575-6868
$215
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This antique miniature painting of Marie Antoinette (en verso on frame) is done on ivory in soft pastels characteristic of Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757) trend which dominated the art form in the 18th and 19th Centuries in Europe. This portrait of Marie Antoinette is a younger French Queen than we find in later paintings by her famous portrait painter, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun (1755-1842). Our painting shows Marie with an elaborate coiffure and plumed hat. She is becomingly shown in a white lace-tri ...click for details
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Antique German Limning of Lady Jane Grey
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Pre 1920 item# 1112816 (stock# 304AOG)
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561-575-6868
$215
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This miniature painting is of the fine featured Lady Jane Grey (1536-1554) with jewels. She was the granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister. Her father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland, convinced the dying King Edward VI to name Lady Grey as his successor. Lady Jane Grey did not want to be Queen of England. She protested that she was unfit for this perilous task being forced upon her by her relatives. Unfortunately, for her, she very reluctantly became Queen of England about July 9, 1553. Her ...click for details
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