The Artisan of the Miniature In the bustling streets of the Austrian Empire, a child was born into a family where the hand was trained to create. The son of an embroidery designer and a gemcutter, Adolf Theer grew up surrounded by the meticulous precision required to shape fine materials. His brothers, Albert and Robert, would also follow the path of the painter, but Adolf’s own destiny was shaped by the delicate demands of the portra…