30mm by 40mm Portraits in Miniature
November 2019 Second Attempt - Presented to Their Majesties at 12th Night 2020
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These were my second attempt at portraits in miniature for TRM Cuan and Signy. Overall I think the process went smoother than the first time. I bought smaller brushes, used a magnifying lens while painting, and had a slightly larger working area (30mm x 40mm rather than 25mm round). I know these are not a perfect likeness, I'm just hoping they are at least sort-of recognizable. It's always difficult creating images of people, and this scale presents a lot of genuinely fun challenges for me. I plan to explore this further in the future.
They are also very difficult to photograph with just your phone (because I'm lazy). I'm going to have to pull out the dSLR for this one. (Which I absolutely forgot to do.)
A big thank you for Dame Daniela, Mistress Faye, and Master Ruaidhri for some great feedback!
Portraits, Boxes, & Pins: Lady K Valravn
Beading of Cabochon trays: Lady Thea de Nes (Auntie Nessie!)
Silk Ribbon: Donated by Lady Lucy of Wigan
Photo by Signy Heri
Photo by Signy Heri
Photo by Signy Heri
Protective coating. Begin: terrifying steps.
Cabochons glued to the front. Not dry yet.
Extra perg trimmed away.
Seeing what they look like in the trays. Waiting for Auntie Nessie's beaded ones.
Auntie Nessie beaded brass and silver trays for me. I ended up going with the silver. The trays look great!
These are SO HARD to photograph!
Did I purchase a crazy expensive woodburner for this project? Technically yes. Do I have other plans for it? Of course!
My first foray into pyrography.
I decided to use Danish Oil to stain these. (Also a first, but not a very impressive one.)
I lined the boxes with crushed velvet. I'm not sure I did this in the most efficient way, but it got done. I see why so many things are lined with cardboard covered in cloth now. (Again, new thing for me.)
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52 mm
52 mm
Title: Mrs Jane Small, formerly Mrs Pemberton
Date Created: ca.1536 (made)ca. 1536 (painted)16th century (made) - 1540
Type: Miniature
External Link: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16583
artist: Holbein, Hans (II)
Materials and Techniques: [Miniature] Watercolour on vellum, stuck to a playing card with five of diamonds
Dimensions: Diameter: 52 mm
53 mm
53 mm
Description
English: Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait Miniature of Katherine Howard, circa 1540, watercolour on vellum, diameter 5.3 cm (Strawberry Hill House, part of the Buccleuch collection).
Date circa 1540
Source http://images.library.yale.edu/strawberryhill/oneitem.asp?i=1&id=552
45 mm
45 mm
Title: Margaret More (1505–1544), Wife of William Roper
Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Date Created: 1535–36
Physical Dimensions: Diameter 1 3/4 in. (45 mm)
Type: Painting, miniature
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436662
Medium: Vellum laid on playing card
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
46 mm
46 mm
Description
English:
Portrait Miniature of Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves (1515–57), a daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, was the fourth wife of Henry VIII. Holbein was sent to paint her at Düren in summer 1539, so that Henry could appraise her as a possible wife. Holbein posed Anne square-on and in elaborate finery. Henry was disappointed with her in the flesh, and he divorced her after a brief, unconsummated marriage. He redesignated Anne as "king's sister", and she remained in England, where she died during the reign of Queen Mary.
Holbein is presumed to have painted the miniature in Düren. A version on parchment, in the Louvre, was probably painted at the same time. Holbein also produced a portrait of Anne's sister, Amelia, which is now lost. Nicholas Wotton, the head of the English delegation, reported to Henry: "Your Grace's servant Hanze Albein hathe taken th'effigies of my lady Anne and the lady Amelye and hath expressed theyr images very lyvely". The tradition that Holbein flattered Anne is not borne out by the evidence: no one except Henry ever described her as repugnant.
Date 1539
Medium watercolor and gum on vellum in ivory case
Dimensions Diameter: 4.6 cm (1.8 ″)
Collection Victoria and Albert Museum
44 mm
44 mm
Author
After Hans Holbein the Younger
Description
English: Portrait Miniature of Thomas Cromwell. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, diameter 4.4 cm, National Portrait Gallery, London.
This miniature portrait depicts Thomas Cromwell (c. 14851–540), the leader of Henry VIII's government in the 1530s. It is derived from Holbein's 1532 portrait of Cromwell but shows him looking older. A similar miniature, without the Garter collar, survives. This one is attributed to Holbein by the National Portrait Gallery, but most scholars do not include it among Holbein's original works. Reference
John Rowlands, Holbein: The Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985, ISBN 0879235780, p. 240.
Date circa 1537
Collection
National Portrait Gallery Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q238587
Accession number
NPG 6310
History
History
Technique
Technique
Materials
Materials
Cabochons/Bezel
Cabochons/Bezel
Glues
Glues
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