A self-portrait of artist Johann Walch, signed, circa 1790.

The miniature, set in a burl wood frame with gilt metal mount, is signed on the portrait on the easel behind the artist.

2 3/4 inches (7 cm high).

Johann Walch (1757-1816) who worked as a miniaturist, painter, and engraver in Augsburg, studied at the Academy of Vienna, in Rome and Geneva. Walch's miniature portrait of Archduke Charles of Austria is in the Gallery of Dresden, his portrait of the Vicar of Augsburg is in the Maximilian Museum, Augsburg. Walch's works in miniature are rare.