miniaturist

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Owners of the private collection contacted Dr Goldring after reading her book on Hilliard, suspecting the tiny painting in their collection to be of the renowned miniaturist.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

She also studied in New York with prominent American portrait painter Robert Henri, and with miniaturist Theodora Thayer, a founder of the American Society of Miniature Painters, which Bush later joined.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

The ball does set things spinning, but when Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she wonders if the miniaturist has returned.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2021

Whether in her enormous “Rose” or in her miniaturist photographs, she consistently suggests that her studio was not just a workplace but a temple for a congregation of one.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

We call them miniatures, but we must remember that by “miniator” a Roman bookseller would not understand what we call a miniaturist; and, as we have said, the word “illuminator” was not then known.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William