The Intimacy of the Miniature In the heart of 18th-century Paris, a period defined by the opulent flourishes of the Rococo, Claude Bornet emerged as a master of the infinitesimal. His work did not demand the vastness of cathedral ceilings but rather the quiet, focused gaze of the individual. Bornet possessed an extraordinary ability to capture the fleeting essence of a soul within the tiny confines of a portrait miniature, creating windows into the characters of his era. Through the painstaking application of translucent glazes and a devotion to anatomical precision, he breathed life into sma…