miniaturist

[ min-ee-uh-cher-ist, min-uh-cher- ]

/ ˈmɪn i ə tʃər ɪst, ˈmɪn ə tʃər- /

an artist whose specialty is small, discrete works.

a person who makes, collects, or specializes in miniature objects: a miniaturist with a collection of dollhouses.

Origin of miniaturist

First recorded in 1850–55; miniature + -ist

The miniaturist of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries constantly relieved his groups of figures upon a diapered ground.

Line and Form (1900) |Walter Crane
There are also borders and other illuminations, which are probably the work of yet a fifth miniaturist.

Great Masters in Painting: Perugino |George C. Williamson
He was brought up, as his father had been before him and as his son was after him, as a miniaturist.

The Story of Verona |Alethea Wiel
Here scribe, illuminator, and miniaturist are all at their best, whether one and the same or different persons.

Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New |Walter Crane

In the early days Fra Angelico must have been a miniaturist.

Fra Angelico |James Mason

miniaturist

/ (ˈmɪnɪtʃərɪst) /

a person who paints miniature portraits