Ferdinando Quaglia (1780–1853) was an Italian painter of
portrait miniatures
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting from Renaissance art, usually executed in gouache, Watercolor painting, watercolor, or Vitreous enamel, enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illumin ...
, who was active in the first years of the 19th century. He painted portraits of
Marshal Junot and of the
Empress Josephine
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1780 births
1853 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian portrait miniaturists
19th-century Italian male artists
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