Antique portrait miniature on porcelain. Decorated in an elegant bronze frame with a stand. Austria, 19th centuryIn 1827, King Ludwig I of Bavaria came up with the idea to create a portrait gallery of beauties and decorate his residence in Munich with their portraits. By order of the king, the court painter Karl Josef Stieler created more than thirty portraits of girls from various walks of life. At the same time, various porcelain products with similar portraits became massively fashionable and began to be made.