18th-19th Century European Portrait Miniatures
May 2026
These objects are predominantly portrait miniatures and small-scale portrait paintings from Central European and Russian courts, created between the 18th and 19th centuries using techniques such as watercolor on ivory, gouache, and oil on paper or panel.
146 objects · 4 institutions
A Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1770
Bacchus and Ariadne
Cleveland Museum of Art
1808–11
Beeld van Frederik de Grote, koning van Pruisen
Rijksmuseum
1778 - 1779
Bust of King Frederick the Great
Rijksmuseum
c. 1777 - c. 1785
Chandelier woman (Leuchterweibchen) with a coat of arms
Rijksmuseum
c. 1525
Countess Széchenyi
Cleveland Museum of Art
1828
Double Portrait
Art Institute of Chicago
1640/60
Ferdinand III, Emperor of Germany (1637–1657)
Art Institute of Chicago
1637/57
Frame with Portrait Miniature of Princess Yusopov
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1893–96
Framed Miniature of Hampton Court
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1905
Framed Miniature of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896–1908
Framed Miniatures of the Russian Imperial Family
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1896–1905
Frederick Christian, Prince and Elector of Saxony (1722-1763)
Art Institute of Chicago
1750/63
Helen
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1787
Henri II, King of France, at the age of 28
Cleveland Museum of Art
1547
Henri III (1551–1589), King of France
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Herr von Haesler of Hamburg
Art Institute of Chicago
1787
Imperial Barometer
Cleveland Museum of Art
1900–1901
Imperial Framed Miniature of Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896
Imperial Framed Miniature of Tsar Nicholas II
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896
Imperial Framed Miniatures
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896
Johannes Angelus Battistinus
Art Institute of Chicago
1702
Little Woman Chandelier (Lüsterweibchen, from a Horn Chandelier)
Art Institute of Chicago
1500-1600
Maria Josepha Delphina of Saxony
Art Institute of Chicago
1750/63
Mme. Sappé
Art Institute of Chicago
1750/75
Model for a Portrait Medal of Wolfgang Gamensfelder at Age 19
Cleveland Museum of Art
1531
Model for the Reverse of the Portrait of Pankraz Labenwolf
Cleveland Museum of Art
1542
Musket-Proof Half Armor of King Philip III (Media Armadura a Prueba de Mosquete del Rey Felipe III)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1868
Pendant with Intaglio Portrait of Anna of Austria in Enameled Frame
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century (?)
Portrait Miniature with Enameled Frame
Art Institute of Chicago
1625-1675
Portrait of Amalie Sebald
Art Institute of Chicago
1814
Portrait of Anne Robert Turgot, Baron of Laulne
Art Institute of Chicago
1778
Portrait of Antipope Alexander V
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1574–1576
Portrait of Archduke Carl of Hapsburg
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1800
Portrait of Archduke Charles of Styria
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1564–70
Portrait of Baron Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Portrait of Bartholome Lother
Art Institute of Chicago
1584
Portrait of Carl Theodor, Archbishop of Mainz
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1775
Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1775
Portrait of Countess Grafin von Furstenberg
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1740
Portrait of Dorothy Fairchild
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century (?)
Portrait of Eleanore Denuelle
Art Institute of Chicago
1750/72
Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson (?)
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century
Portrait of Elizabeth of Austria, Wife of King Charles IX of France
Art Institute of Chicago
after 1571
Portrait of Emmanuel Rio
Art Institute of Chicago
1836
Portrait of Emperor Napoleon I
Rijksmuseum
c. 1805 - c. 1815
Portrait of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia
Cleveland Museum of Art
1757
Portrait of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (obverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1757
Portrait of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (reverse)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1757
Portrait of Fridrich Rorbach
Art Institute of Chicago
1532
Portrait of General Sir Charles Grey, later 1st Earl Grey
Cleveland Museum of Art
1794
Portrait of Georg Knauer
Cleveland Museum of Art
1537
Portrait of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna, later Queen of Württemberg
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1860
Portrait of Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand
Cleveland Museum of Art
1808
Portrait of Hortense de Perregaux, Duchess of Ragusa
Cleveland Museum of Art
1818
Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1785
Portrait of Jean Lambert Tallien
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1805
Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna
Cleveland Museum of Art
1738–40
Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Cleveland Museum of Art
1715
Portrait of King Charles II (1630-1685)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1675
Portrait of King Charles II of England
Cleveland Museum of Art
1653
Portrait of King Louis XIV
Cleveland Museum of Art
17th century
Portrait of Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich
Rijksmuseum
1830-09-01
Portrait of Leonhard Fuchs
Art Institute of Chicago
1525
Portrait of Leopold I (1640-1705)
Art Institute of Chicago
Second half of 17th century
Portrait of Louis XIV in armor
Art Institute of Chicago
1670–80
Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France
Rijksmuseum
c. 1777 - c. 1789
Portrait of Louis XVIII
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1822
Portrait of Louis XVIII
Cleveland Museum of Art
1822
Portrait of Louis of Spain wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece and other decorations.
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, later King of the French
Cleveland Museum of Art
1804
Portrait of Mademoiselle Colombi
Cleveland Museum of Art
1788
Portrait of Magdalena of Saxony, Wife of Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1529
Portrait of Maria Fedorovna, Empress of Russia
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1796
Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg
Cleveland Museum of Art
1545
Portrait of Marie Karolina Anna, Countess Thun
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1790
Portrait of Marquerite du Chatelet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1786
Portrait of Mother and Daughter
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1810
Portrait of Mr. A. Rutledge
Art Institute of Chicago
end of 18th/begining of 19th century
Portrait of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
Cleveland Museum of Art
1841
Portrait of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
Cleveland Museum of Art
1805
Portrait of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
Cleveland Museum of Art
1810
Portrait of Noël-François Charles Caille des Fontaines
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795
Portrait of Paul I, Emperor of Russia
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1796
Portrait of Peter the Great
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1770
Portrait of Prince Alexander Bezborodko
Cleveland Museum of Art
mid- to late 1700s
Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1688-1766)
Art Institute of Chicago
1692
Portrait of Prince Potemkin
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Portrait of Robert Levrac-Tournières
Cleveland Museum of Art
1705–1710
Portrait of Thomas Carrick (1786-1814)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1810
Portrait of Ursula Lother
Art Institute of Chicago
1584
Portrait of Victor Amedeus of Savoy
Cleveland Museum of Art
1636
Portrait of a Gentleman
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century (?)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1700/10
Portrait of a Gentleman
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1800
Portrait of a Gentleman
Art Institute of Chicago
1790
Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue Coat
Art Institute of Chicago
Late 18th century
Portrait of a King
Art Institute of Chicago
1700/1800
Portrait of a Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1730
Portrait of a Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1720
Portrait of a Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
1790s
Portrait of a Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1755
Portrait of a Lady
Cleveland Museum of Art
1874
Portrait of a Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1700/10
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1500s
Portrait of a Man
Metropolitan Museum of Art
probably ca. 1790
Portrait of a Man
Art Institute of Chicago
late 16th/early 17th century
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
1795–1796
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1790s
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1500s
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1795
Portrait of a Man
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of a Man
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1525
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
1523–1536
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1810
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1795
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1480–1500
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
mid 1800s
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
1527–1546
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
1780s
Portrait of a Man
Art Institute of Chicago
1700/25, with later frame
Portrait of a Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
1794–1795
Portrait of a Man in Black
Cleveland Museum of Art
mid 1600s
Portrait of a Man in a Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1795
Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1480
Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1790
Portrait of a Man with an Earring
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1800
Portrait of a Man, possibly Alexander I, Emperor of Russia
Cleveland Museum of Art
1814
Portrait of a Noblewoman
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1795
Portrait of a Sculptor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1705
Portrait of a Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1805
Portrait of a Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1670
Portrait of a Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art
1580–1600
Portrait of a Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art
1759
Portrait of a Woman in a White Dress
Cleveland Museum of Art
1813
Portrait of a Woman with a Hat
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1780
Portrait of a Woman with a Prayer Book
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1565
Portrait of a Woman, probably Princess Cecilie of Baden, Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1860
Portrait of a Young Man
Art Institute of Chicago
1719
Portrait of Étienne François, comte de Stainville, duc de Choiseul
Cleveland Museum of Art
mid to late 1700s
Prince Otto von Bismarck
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Queen Louise of Prussia
Art Institute of Chicago
Modeled 1799, cast 1819–21
Queen Wilhelmina
Art Institute of Chicago
1898
Singing Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
1928
Sophie Guillemette, Grand Duchess of Baden (1801-1865)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1831
The Actor Maximilian Korn in a Landscape
Art Institute of Chicago
1828