miniature

1. A painting or drawing in an illuminated manuscript. Web resource here.

2. A very small painting, especially a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or other material. Web resource here.

Sofonisba Anguissola. Miniature self-portrait mounted as a pendant. Varnished watercolor on parchment. Ca. 1554. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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