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Emanuel Thomas Peter (Austria, 1799-1873) - Woman, Miniature Painting, 1832. Signed and dated. Brass frame. 9.5x7cm. Frame: 13x11cm. Emanuel Thomas Peter was an Austrian miniature painter. Peter was born the son of a draper in Jagerndorf, Austrian Silesia. In 1817 he began training as a stonemason in his birthplace. From 1818 he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Then he worked abroad for a few years. In 1830 he returned to Vienna and was one of Moritz Daffinger's students. There he was also known as a miniature painter. His works are now in various public collections in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. However, most of the works are in private hands. Most of the originals are dated between 1828 and 1860. He often only signed his works in short form with E. Peter. His focus was on subtle portraits of women in watercolor and gouache techniques. Peter also often copied other masterpieces which he then recreated in miniature formats. These works were very popular at the time. In 1866/67 these copies, mostly painted in watercolor, were exhibited in the Kunstverein in Vienna.