Portrait Miniatures: Artists, Functions and Collections
International Conference at Celle Castle, Germany
Similar to the 2016 symposium, the 2022 conference will cover a wide range of aspects:
- Individual miniaturists, specific workshop contexts, and places of production
- Use and functions of both court and private types and their protagonists
- Iconographic aspects in the context of representation or intimacy
- Evolution of techniques and materials
- Private and public collections
The conference coincides with the ongoing exhibition 'Miniatures from the Time of Napoleon in the Tansey Collection' at the Bomann-Museum.
Friday, 9 September 2022
Celle Castle/ Rittersaal
16:00 - 18:00 Registration and Information
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome and Opening Lectures
Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten, Wienhausen
Realism and Modernism in the Likenesses of a New Epoch - Highlights of the Exhibition ‘Miniatures from the Time of Napoleon‘
Bernd Pappe, Berne
Making a Small Man Great: Miniatures of Napoleon I
Birgitt Schmedding, Hamburg
Two Views: The Power of Seeing
Saturday, 10 September 2022
Objects, Agencies and Social Practices
09:00 Gerrit Walczak, Berlin
Icons of Intimacy: Sex, Agency and the Portrait Miniature
09:30 André and Anne-Marie Regnard-Denis, Belgium
Gestures and their Meaning in Portrait Miniatures
10:00 Karin Schrader, Bad Nauheim
‘Telling Objects’ – Miniatures in Eighteenth-Century Courtly Portraits
10:30 Discussion
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Lea C. Stephenson, Philadelphia
Racial Capital: Peter Marié’s Miniatures and Gilded Age Whiteness
11:45 Jann Matlock, London
The Museum of Lost Portraits (Paris, 1794–1805)
12:15 Damiët Schneeweisz, London
Shipped, Worn, or Carried: Portrait Miniatures in the Atlantic Ocean World
12:45 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
Politics and Representation
14:15 Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten, Celle
Pictorial Family Ties – Series of Portrait Miniatures Serving Political Networks
14:45 Martin Miersch, Ulm
Fashion and Political Statement – Portrait Miniatures from the Time of the French Revolution
15:15 Maxime Charron, Paris
Examples of Intimate Portraits from the Royal and Imperial Courts
of France during the First Half of the 19th Century
15:45 Discussion
16:00 Coffee
16:30 Agnieszka Fulińska, Krakow
A Reputed Portrait Miniature of the King of Rome and Images of Children from Napoleon’s Entourage
17:00 Marina Vidas, Copenhagen
Portrait Miniatures Set in Jewellery and Objects of Personal Adornment Connected to Queen Louise of Denmark and her Daughter, Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia
Special Techniques and Materials
17:30 David Hradil, Janka Hradilová, Olga Trmalová, Prague
Benefits of Non Invasive Macro X-Ray Fluorescence Scanning for the Analysis of Materials in Portrait Miniatures
18:00 Discussion
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Special Techniques and Materials
09:00 Christine Slottved Kimbriel, Paola Ricciardi, Flavia Fiorillo, London
Unlocking the English Portrait Miniature: The Materiality of Isaac Oliver’s Oeuvre
09:30 Alan Derbyshire, Lucia Burgio, London
The William Wood Manuscripts
Miniature Painters
10:00 Martin Spies, Giessen
In Search of Charles Townley, Painter of Miniatures and Engraver to the King of Prussia
10:30 Discussion
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Luise Schreiber Knaus, Peter Knaus, Bodelshausen
The Miniature Painter Jeremiah Meyer: His Life and Career During the Reign of King George III
11:45 Sonja Remensberger, Winterthur
Pierre-Louis Bouvier (1765–1836) – Life and Work of a Geneva Miniature Painter whilst Working Abroad
12:15 Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, Paris
Ambroise Charlemagne Victor Le Chenetier: When a 19th Century Artist Hides Another One
12:45 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
Collections of Portrait Miniatures
14:15 Stephen Lloyd, Liverpool
Horace Walpole’s recently discovered plan for displaying his miniatures and enamels in the Cabinet of the Tribuna at Strawberry Hill
14:45 Maria Dunina, Moscow
The Collection of Miniatures of the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
15:15 Tatiana Udras, Moscow
Portrait Miniatures of the Romanoff Family in Russian and Foreign Collections
15:45 Discussion
16:00 Cecilia Rönnerstam, Stockholm
On Origins and Originals – the History of a Collection
16:30 Blythe Sobol, Kansas City
An Outsized Passion for Miniatures: The Starr Collection of Portrait Miniatures at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
17:00 Discussion
17:15 Closing Remarks
The conference is organised by The Tansey Miniatures Foundation, Celle. It coincides with the ongoing exhibition ‚Miniatures from the Time of Napoleon in the Tansey Collection‘ at the Bomann-Museum. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Friday 9 September 2022: 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
The conference language is English. Participation is free of charge.
For registration please contact: Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten, Celle
juliane.schmieglitz-ottentansey-miniatures.com
For information please contact: Bernd Pappe, Bern
bernd.pappetansey-miniatures.com
Reference:
CONF: Portrait Miniatures (Celle, 9-11 Sep 22). In: ArtHist.net, Jul 2, 2022 (accessed Sep 27, 2024), <https://arthist.net/archive/37044>.