The Smallest Picture in the World.
« Probably the smallest piece of painting in the world is that executed by a Flemish artist. It is painted on the smooth side of a grain of common white corn, and pictures a mill, and a miller mounting a stair with a sack of grain on his back. The mill is represented as standing on a terrace, ! and near it is a horse and cart, while a group of several pheasants is shown in a road near by. The picture is beautifully distinct, every object being finished with microscopic fidelity, yet, by careful measurement, it is shown that the whole painting does not cover a surface of half-an-inch square.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH18990207.2.16
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, 7 February 1899, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
115The Smallest Picture in the World. Manawatu Herald, 7 February 1899, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in