Fine Art

Demand for the distinctive portraits is rising among new and younger collectors, says specialist

Among the major dealers in portrait miniatures are Elle Shushan and Philip Mould & Company.

For all their diminutive scale, the term ‘portrait miniature’ originally had nothing to do with size.

Archive and avian template for porcelain designs reflect the life of a remarkable 19th century polymath

A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre rarity – an original work on paper design by Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881-1945) – featured among the top lots in the July 12 auction at Lion and Unicorn (28% buyer’s premium).

Giacomo Zoffoli (c.1731-85) and his younger brother Giovanni (c.1745-1805) ran a highly successful workshop in Rome, specialising in the bronze casting of reproductions of antique originals.

The auction record for a print by LS Lowry has crept higher.

The artist Renée Sintenis (1888-1965) had a very varied career.

Petworth’s Ottocento has opened its summer exhibition featuring artworks from across the 19th and 20th century spectrum all priced at under £1000.

The sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919) is primarily known for creating figures which embody pain and suffering.

One of the highlights at the sale held by Henry’s (25% buyer’s premium) on May 30 in Mutterstadt was a large, electroplated cast of a sculpture created by Heinrich Waderé for an art show in the Glaspalast in Munich.

An early view of the Royal Hospital in Greenwich was among the lots generating interest at Sloane Street Auctions (26.5% buyer’s premium) in London this summer.