This large and perfect  portrait miniature of a lady with a red bonnet , mounted in a fine original frame, came from the renown miniature collection of Sigmund Mandl and it was illustrated in the important monography by E.Lemberger (in German) " Meisterminiaturen aus 5 Jahrhunderts", Stuttgart, 1911 . The miniature was executed by Fanny Romanini, Italian female miniaturist, listed in the different lexicons, worked together with her housband Antonio R. in Milan between 1822 and 1839. Her miniatures are extreme rare on the art market.

Literature : Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon", Leipzig, 1999; E.Lemberger "Meisterminiaturen aus 5 Jahrhunderten", Stuttgart, 1911.

Inscription: signed right in the lower part.

Technique: gouache on ivory.  backside of frame  with mother-of-pearl memory symbol.Luxuriousy original period engraved and hand painted frame.

Measurements: image diameter 3 3/8" (8,5 cm); framed diameter 5 3/4 " (14,5 cm)

Condition: miniature is in very good condition, no cracks, splits or paintlosses, the condition of frame is overall good there is one crack upper middle.