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Message:: [QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 12325892, member: 5833"]Miniature del XVII/XVIII sec.It would be more accurate to say "Copie in miniatura di dipinti del XVII/XVIII secolo."  We really do not have enough evidence to know the age of the miniatures. Photos of the backs might tell us more. Even if they are hand painted on canvas, it does not mean they are important.  Many, many companies hired artists to paint miniature copies of famous paintings, then put the miniatures in standardized frames & sold them for home decor. I do not find this either surprising or significant.  As extensive as the Internet is, it does not contain all the information in the world, and your search engine does not show you everything on the Internet. Something that cannot be found on the Internet is not necessarily inedito. Are you asking whether it is possible that each one was made in the same time period as the original?  Are you hoping we will say that there is a good chance that these are previously unknown works from the hands of Murillo/Vigee-Le Brun? It is always exciting when one thinks something is special & unique.  But one must then proceed to try to find reasons this is wrong.  You did not find an exact match for your pieces, but surely you saw how many there are that are similar, all different from one another.  What is it that leads you to think there is something very different about yours?[/QUOTE]