Skip to main content

Antique Miniature Painting

to
94
506
333
547
194
145
140
140
131
96
92
55
25
21
21
19
17
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
8
7
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
9
7
6
6
4
Sort By
Bathing Scene, Miniature Painting
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Bathing scene. Miniature painting, framed, under glass, late 19th century. Good condition
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Watercolor

18th / Early 19th Century Miniature Painting
Located in Delft, NL
An 18th / early 19th century miniature painting An 18th / early 19th century miniature painting
Category

Late 18th Century European Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Copper

Early 19th Century Miniature Painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Early 19th century miniature painting, gilt bronze frame Painted by Frederic Millet Miniature
Category

19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Bronze

The Three Kings Miniature Painting
Located in New York, NY
The three kings miniature painting. Antique Louis XV period painting of the three wise men who paid
Category

Early 18th Century Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

A Pair of Victorian Bone Miniature Paintings
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of Victorian miniature paintings in bone frames, circa 1890. sight: 2 ¼ by 3 inches frame
Category

1890s Victorian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Bone

Antique Persian Safavid Miniature Painting Archangel Michael
Located in New York, NY
An antique Persian miniature painting, executed in opaque watercolor on paper, portraying Archangel
Category

18th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique Indian Mughal School Miniature Painting Old Man
Located in New York, NY
An antique Indian Mughal School miniature painting, executed in opaque watercolor on paper
Category

18th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique Indian Mughal Empire Miniature Painting
Located in New York, NY
An antique Indian Mughal Empire miniature painting, executed in pigments and embellished with gold
Category

Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique Indian Mughal Empire Miniature Painting
Located in New York, NY
An antique Indian Mughal Empire miniature painting executed in gouache and embellished with gold on
Category

Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

18th Century Mughal School Indian Portrait Miniature Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Indian, 18th or early 19th century. This exquisite 18th-century Mughal School miniature painting
Category

18th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Italian Miniature Painting The Madonna & Child, Signed original
By J. Canava
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Child by J. Canava, Italian late 19th century miniature painting on ceramic, framed
Category

Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gouache

Antique 19 C Indian Miniature Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
An antique Indian miniature painting, executed in pigments and adorned with gold paint on paper
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique French Oval Miniature Painting on Porcelain Bronze Frame
Located in Toledo, OH
Antique French oval miniature painting on porcelain. Thee ladies and a gentleman gathering in a
Category

Late 19th Century European Aesthetic Movement Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Porcelain

A Set of 12 Antique Indian Company School Miniature Paintings
Located in New York, NY
. Company school, also called Patna painting, is style of miniature painting that developed in India in the
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

19th Century Miniature Painting of Five Sisters by Vincenzo Castelli. Signed. I
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Miniature Painting of Five Sisters by Vincenzo Castelli. Signed. Italian - 1789-1845
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Oil

Antique Islamic Miniature Painting On Paper C 1800
Located in New York, NY
An antique Islamic miniature painting on paper with a traditional plot from secular life, circa
Category

19th Century Unknown Islamic Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Mughal School Indian Miniature Painting of Radha-Krishna
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Indian miniature painting is composed in the Mughal style and depicts a meeting
Category

19th Century Indian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint, Paper

Antique Brass & Pietra Dura Portrait Miniature Painting George Washington 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine, antique brass easel with Pietra Dura panels and three handpainted portrait miniature
Category

1880s American American Empire Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Brass

Antique Miniature Painting Under Glass: Architectural Landscape with Chapel 1Y98
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Step back in time with this captivating antique miniature painting, featuring an idyllic
Category

Early 20th Century French Empire Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Wood

Chamba School Indian Miniature Painting of Rāj Singh with Hawk
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite Indian miniature painting is a 19th-century reproduction of the Chamba School
Category

19th Century Indian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paper, Paint

Exceptional Quality Miniature Painting of an Orientalist Turkish Dancer, 1860
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional quality miniature painting of an orientalist dancer, 19th century, circa 1860
Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Fontane Circa 1900s Antique Gold Miniature Painting Fringe Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Antique original Fontane brooch in 14k gold, circa 1900s. Brooch depicts a miniature painting of a
Category

Early 1900s Early Victorian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold

Antique Watercolour Miniature Painting Brooch Romantic Scene Silver Vienna
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This the subjekt of this charming miniature watercoulour is a romantic scene in a park with
Category

1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Silver

19th Century Italian Miniature Painting Christ Garden of Gethsemane Angels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, late 19th century Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane miniature painting, framed
Category

Late 19th Century Old Masters Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Watercolor

French Bronze Jewelry Musical Box with Portrait Miniature Painting
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
French Bronze Jewelry Musical Box with Portrait Miniature Painting Late 1800s to earliest 1900s
Category

Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Bronze

Kota School Large 19th century Indian Miniature Painting Private UK Collection
Located in Norfolk, GB
Kotah School, c.1880 A fine Kotah School miniature painting, c 1880. Examined by the British
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

The Letter, young lady in her boudoir 19th Century majestic miniature painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A majestic miniature painting by Victor Mongodin. Painted with extraordinary detail, it depicts a
Category

1860s French School Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

19th-Century Indian Oil Miniature Painting
Located in Madrid, ES
Exquisite 19th-century oil miniature depicting a traditional Indian subject, finely executed with
Category

19th Century Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Bronze

19th-Century Indian Oil Miniature Painting
19th-Century Indian Oil Miniature Painting
H 3.55 in W 3.15 in D 0.79 in
18 Karat Gold 1820s Indian Miniature Painting Cannetille Brooch
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
A fine cannetille brooch with an Indian/Persian miniature painting in the centre. The miniature
Category

1820s British Romantic Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

18k Gold

Antique 19th Century Miniature Painting 14K Gold Brooch
Located in Rotterdam, NL
An antique 19th century brooch created in 14 karat yellow gold and set with a gorgeous miniature
Category

Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Other, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, Enamel

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paper

Silver Enameled Box by Rudolf Steiner, 1899 with a Miniature Painting
By Rudolf Steiner
Located in Delft, NL
Silver enameled box by Rudolf Steiner, 1899 with a miniature painting An octagonal Austrian
Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold, Silver

Antique 18Th C Indian Mughal Rajput Miniature Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful antique miniature on paper painting depicting a scene from Indian palace life
Category

Late 18th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique 18Th C Indian Rajput Mughal Miniature Painting
Located in New York, NY
An antique 18th century Indian miniature depicting the Indian Mughal princess Nadira Banu Begum
Category

Late 18th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique Indo Persian Mughal Miniature Painting Portrait of Prince Salim Jahangir
Located in Greenwich, CT
A miniature Indo Persian Mughal Gouache painting on antique manuscript depicting Prince Salim
Category

19th Century Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold Leaf

Late 19th Century Miniature Painting - Watercolor and Pencil on Paper
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely romantic miniature drawing / watercolor painting, depicting a young child with a sheep
Category

1890s French Belle Époque Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Velvet, Glass, Wood, Paper

Pair Portrait Miniature Paintings, Young Lady Signed J.B. Royby
Located in London, GB
This very nice pair was painted in second half 18th century Hand painted wearing wonderful gowns, multi-strand pearl necklaces, within the original gilt metal frames. height 4 1/4...
Category

Late 18th Century French Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Bronze

India Miniature Painting Pahari School Late 19th Century Forest Mythology Scene
Located in Norfolk, GB
Paper Size: 24.5 x 18.3 cm Mount Size: 35.8 x 27.8 cm More details to follow
Category

Late 19th Century Other Art Style Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pigment

Antique Indian Miniature painting of a Maharaja, Jaipur c. 1800
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is an antique painting of an Indian Maharaja in gouache and gold on paper c. early
Category

Early 19th Century Indian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paper

An Indian miniature painting depicting a prince surprising bathing maidens
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Gods, the prince in the present painting doesn't even dare look.
Category

18th Century Indian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold

Miniature of a Gentleman of the Biedermeier Period, Brass Frame, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Rectangular miniature painting of a gentleman in Biedermeier clothes, with brown curly hair in
Category

19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Brass

Antique 18th Century Pair Indian Hindu Erotic Kamasutra Miniature Paintings 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality pair of antique 18th century Indian erotic Kamasutra paintings, circa 1750. The
Category

Mid-18th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique Gold Drop Earrings Indian Miniatures Paintings Gouache
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Indian miniatures have been painted on parchment with gouache. The architectural scenes are
Category

1830s Indian Regency Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold

Antique Indian Miniature Painting of Krishna Conversing with Radha in a Pavilion
Located in San Francisco, CA
Another charming painting of Lord Krishna and his paramour Radha along with her consort seated in
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paper

Antique European Pendant Dimeter Miniature Painting Silver Gold Paste /1.2gr
Located in SE
Antique Pendant with a miniature painting 16mm x 8 mm of the ancient Greek Goddess of harvest and
Category

1780s French Greek Revival Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold, Silver

Antique Children Miniature Painting Clasp Bracelet Necklace Gold England 1790
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Oval clasp for a bracelet or a necklace with a miniature showing two little girls. The girls have
Category

1790s English Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

14k Gold

Antique Indian Mughal Miniature Seated Sultan Painting
Located in New York, NY
An antique Indian miniature painting portraying a seated sultan holding a sword. Miniature
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique Miniature Painting Pendant Brooch Seed Pearls Silver / 5.7 gr
Located in SE
Old European pendant/brooch dating from ca. late 19th century with miniature hand-painted
Category

19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Pearl, Silver

"Miniature"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Antique Oil Painting on Metal – 19th Century Miniature Artist: Unidentified Medium: Oil on Metal
Category

19th Century Romantic Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Metal

18th-19th Century Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Painting Queen Crown Jewels
Located in New York, NY
true masterpiece. The work is by a superb 19th century master of miniatures. The painting is housed
Category

19th Century Unknown Romantic Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gilt Metal

Antique Indian Miniature Mughal Painting Krishna With Radha
Located in New York, NY
An antique Indian miniature painting, rendered in opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper
Category

Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

18th Century French Miniature Genre Painting
Located in Vero Beach, FL
velvet matting. This is a lovely miniature painting, perfect for connoisseurs of fine objects
Category

18th Century French Baroque Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Bone

Antique Indian Mughal Miniature Royal Court Women Shah Watercolor Painting 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Indian Mughal Miniature painting, in a carved camel bone frame. Circa 1900. The
Category

Early 1900s Indian Islamic Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Bone, Paint

Antique 18Th C Indian Rajput Miniature Mughal Painting
Located in New York, NY
An antique late 18th century Indian miniature painting with a traditional scene of social life. In
Category

Late 18th Century Unknown Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Paint

Antique 1790 Chatelaine Miniature Landscape Painting Mother Of Metal Beads Hair
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare châtelaine with a delicate landscape miniature painting mounted as a slide was made
Category

1780s English George III Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Brass, Gilt Metal

Oil Painting Portrait Miniature: Napoleon Bonaparte, Full Military Dress
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Oil Painting French Portrait Miniature: Napoleon Bonaparte, Full Military Dress France, Mid
Category

Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian Miniature Hand Painting Locket Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Antique Victorian 14k gold pendant locket, decorated with hand painted miniature painting
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Miniature Painting

2 Lovely Ladies
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. Late 18th century - early 19th century Miniature Paintings of ( Lovely Ladies ) w/ original
Category

Late 18th Century Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Wood

2 Lovely Ladies
2 Lovely Ladies
H 4.75 in W 4.75 in D 0.75 in
Antique Miniature Portrait Painting of Aristocratic Woman by A. Roule - 1Y116
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This exquisite antique miniature painting on cardboard features a portrait of a young aristocratic
Category

Early 20th Century French Empire Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Wood

Antique Signed Miniature Landscape Painting Gouache on Card 18 Karat Gold Brooch
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming miniature painting of a house and two figures in the countryside has been mounted in
Category

Early 1900s Belle Époque Antique Miniature Painting

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold

  • 1
  • ...
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Antique Miniature Painting", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Antique Miniature Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique miniature painting available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paint, metal and wood, every antique miniature painting was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique miniature painting you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique miniature painting is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Empire and Baroque styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique miniature painting over the years, but those crafted by John Cox Dillman Engleheart, John William Bailey and Coduri of Lyon, France are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Miniature Painting?

Prices for an antique miniature painting start at $156 and top out at $125,000 with the average selling for $1,450.
Questions About Antique Miniature Painting
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Miniature portraits were first painted on a variety of mediums, some of the more popular being vellum, and card or cardboard. Paintings would typically be done in watercolor. Later painting in enamel on metal became a classic medium for painting miniature portraits. On 1stDibs, find an array of authentic miniature portraits.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The Mughal School of miniature painting was an art style that yielded many notable miniature paintings between the 16th and 18th centuries, but two of the most renowned works were the Hamza Nama and the Tuti-nama. Miniature painting was used to illustrate and embellish books and featured exquisitely delicate and intricate detail. Shop a range of authentic Mughal miniature paintings on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The Mughal miniature painting is a style of Indian illustration that flourished between the 16th and 18th centuries. Mughal miniatures are usually very small and feature intricate details. Shop a collection of antique Mughal miniatures from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Miniature painting was started in India by the Palas of Bengal, who are considered the pioneers of the art form. Indian miniatures are small, detailed paintings that can be traced back to the 9th century. Shop a collection of miniature paintings from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The Mughal style of miniature painting started in the courts of the Mughal Empire in modern-day India and Pakistan. Mughal miniatures are known for their small size and attention to detail. You’ll find a collection of antique Mughal miniatures on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The subject matter of Mughal miniature paintings varies from piece to piece. Common subjects include scenes from mythology, illustrations of secular texts, portraits of well-known men and depictions of historical events. On 1stDibs, find a range of Mughal miniature paintings.