The Delicate Precision of Elise Arnberg In the quiet, luminous world of nineteenth-century Swedish art, few names evoke the intimate elegance of the miniature era quite like Elise Arnberg. Born Elisabeth Zénaide Leonarda in 1826, she emerged from a lineage of craftsmanship, the daughter of the metal artist Eric Talén and Henrietta Engelbrecht. Her life was a delicate balance between the traditional mastery of fine art and the burgeoni…