Most of his best-remembered works were executed in Amsterdam and are small-scale paintings.

Not that this makes him a miniaturist; a small-scale painting is not necessarily a small one in spirit or impact, and Klee's vision was broad and deep.

This appears to be the earliest small-scale trompe-l'œil painting since antiquity.

Besides larger paintings, his small-scale devotional paintings also found a market in Spain and Spanish colonies in America.

The book covers small-scale painting, sculpture, and engraving.

Ms. Hernandez has been working for some time on a group of small-scale paintings fusing self-portraits with Buddhist icons.

His show, which consists of a handful of small-scale paintings and a large series of color silk-screens in oil on paper, follows a slightly different tack.

Also in Wednesday's auction is Johns's "Colored Alphabet," from 1959, a small-scale emblematic painting that is expected to bring up to $2 million.

Other artwork during this time includes a number of small-scale paintings on lacquer.

Apart from Pichwai Paintings, the artists also produce small-scale paintings on paper.