I recommend it without reservation to both fantasy and historical miniaturists. They demonstrate the originality and talent of the Moldavian miniaturists. The vivid scarlet of the Italian miniaturists is peculiarly their own. He is considered one of the best miniaturists of the early 14th century. His work likely had an influence on local painters and miniaturists. His colours are typically soft and muted, anticipating the miniaturists of the 18th century. John Smart (c. 1740 1811) was in some respects the greatest of the 18th-century miniaturists.