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Nicholas Hilliard
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British artist (1547-1619)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1537 (ca.)
- Died
- 1619
- Works
- 3
Top works
- A treatise concerning the arte of limning
- A treatise concerning the art of limning
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
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via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “How then can the curious drawer watch, and as it were catch these lovely graces, witty smilings, and those stolen glances which suddenly like lightning pass, and another countenance taketh place, except to behold and very well note and conceit to like.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- c. 1547 , Exeter , England
- Died
- before 7 January 1619 (1619-01-07) (aged 71–72), London , England
- Resting place
- St Martin-in-the-Fields , Westminster
- Known for
- Portrait miniatures
- Spouse
- Alice Brandon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1576 ; died 1611 )
- Children
- Daniel Hilliard Elizabeth Hilliard Francis Hilliard Laurence Hilliard Lettice Hilliard Penelope Hilliard Robert Hilliard
- Parents
- Richard Hilliard Laurence Wall
- Patrons
- Elizabeth I James I
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Exeter
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- goldsmith
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- miniature
- Genre
- portrait
- Image
- Nicholas Hilliard 021 (2).jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Nicholas Hilliard
- date of death
- 1619-01-07
- date of birth
- 1547-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Nicholas Hilliard
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- student
- Isaac Oliver
- start of work period
- 1550-01-01
- end of work period
- 1619-01-01
- place of burial
- St Martin-in-the-Fields
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Nicholas Hilliard, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547 – before 7 January 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 10 inches (25 centimetres) tall, and at least two famous half-length panel portraits of Elizabeth. He enjoyed continuing success as an artist, and continuing financial troubles, for forty-five years. 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."
Early life and family
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nicholas Hilliard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.