Nicholas Hilliard
1547-1619
British
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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. Related Paintings of Nicholas Hilliard :. | Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I | Portrait of George Clifford The Earl of Cumberland | Henry Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland | Portrait miniature of Elizabeth I of England | James I | Related Artists: wolfgang amadeus mozartBorn: 27 January 1756
Birthplace: Salzburg, Austria
Died: 5 December 1791 (fever)
Best Known As: Composer of Eine kleine Nachtmusik POELENBURGH, Cornelis vanDutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1586-1667 Michel Gobinpainted Junger Mann mit Pfeife in 1681
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