Nicholas Hilliard

1547-1619 British Nicholas Hilliard Galleries Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547?CJanuary 7, 1619) was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England. He mostly painted small oval miniatures, but also some larger cabinet miniatures, up to about ten inches tall, and at least the two famous half-length panel portraits of Elizabeth. He enjoyed continuing success as an artist, and continuing financial troubles, for forty-five years, and his paintings still exemplify the visual image of Elizabethan England, very different from that of most of Europe in the late sixteenth century. Technically he was very conservative by European standards, but his paintings are superbly executed and have a freshness and charm that has ensured his continuing reputation as "the central artistic figure of the Elizabethan age, the only English painter whose work reflects, in its delicate microcosm, the world of Shakespeare's earlier plays.


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Nicholas Hilliard A Youth Leaning Against a Tree Among Roses oil


A Youth Leaning Against a Tree Among Roses
Painting ID::  31329
A Youth Leaning Against a Tree Among Roses
nn07 c.1588 Watercolor on vellum; Victoria and Albert Museum, London
   
   
     

Nicholas Hilliard Queen Elizabeth I oil


Queen Elizabeth I
Painting ID::  31330
Queen Elizabeth I
nn07 Nicholas Hilliard 62 x 48 cm
nn07 Nicholas_Hilliard 62_x_48_cm
   
   
     

Nicholas Hilliard Portrait of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland oil


Portrait of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland
Painting ID::  32345
Portrait of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland
c. 1590 Mixed media on parchment, 25,7 x 17,8 cm
c._1590 Mixed_media_on_parchment,_25,7_x_17,8_cm
   
   
     

Nicholas Hilliard Portrait of George Clifford Earl of Cumberland oil


Portrait of George Clifford Earl of Cumberland
Painting ID::  33615
Portrait of George Clifford Earl of Cumberland
mk86 c.1590 Mixed media on parchment 25.7x17.8cm Greenwich,National Maritime Museum
   
   
     

Nicholas Hilliard The phoenix portrait of Queen Elizabeth oil


The phoenix portrait of Queen Elizabeth
Painting ID::  41364
The phoenix portrait of Queen Elizabeth
mk160 c.1575 The Jewel suspended from her necklace depicting a phoenix is an emblem of hereditary royalty
   
   
     

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     1547-1619 British Nicholas Hilliard Galleries Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547?CJanuary 7, 1619) was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England. He mostly painted small oval miniatures, but also some larger cabinet miniatures, up to about ten inches tall, and at least the two famous half-length panel portraits of Elizabeth. He enjoyed continuing success as an artist, and continuing financial troubles, for forty-five years, and his paintings still exemplify the visual image of Elizabethan England, very different from that of most of Europe in the late sixteenth century. Technically he was very conservative by European standards, but his paintings are superbly executed and have a freshness and charm that has ensured his continuing reputation as "the central artistic figure of the Elizabethan age, the only English painter whose work reflects, in its delicate microcosm, the world of Shakespeare's earlier plays.

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