Portrait of Marie Antoinette

Portraits were painted on parchment, paper, cardboard, ivory, metal and porcelain. A classic portrait miniature is considered to be a miniature made on a thin plate of ivory. Silver or gold foil was placed under the translucent ivory, which increased the luminosity of paints. Sometimes watercolors were mixed. Sometimes watercolors were mixed. with gouache. The technique of overlaying paints is characteristic only for this genre - it is the finest dotted line (pointel) - small dots or short strokes that simulate the image.