Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Soldier, statesman and poet
Sitter associated with 30 portraits
To many of his contemporaries Philip Sidney Sidney represented the ideal of the renaissance courtier. He was a soldier, diplomat and author who became one of the most influential Elizabethan poets. He is known particularly for his prose romance Arcadia and the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella. He died at the age of thirty two from wounds he received fighting the Spanish at Zutphen, on his uncle the Earl of Leicester's expedition.
after Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 18th century or later (circa 1576)
NPG 2096
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1576
On display in Room 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5732
Unknown man, formerly known as Sir Philip Sidney
copy by George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour
NPG 2412
after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
etching, 17th century
NPG D34617
by Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke), published by Compton Holland
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D17856
by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, 1620
NPG D25390
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1620-1650
NPG D34613
by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, 1620
NPG D34615
by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, 1620
NPG D34616
by Jean de Courbes, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1625
NPG D34614
by Frederick Hendrik van Hove
line engraving, probably mid to late 17th century
NPG D25491
by William Faithorne
line engraving, published 1654
NPG D22944
by William Faithorne
line engraving, 1654
NPG D25389
after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1679
NPG D34618
ENGLAND'S WORTHIES. The Lives of the Most Eminent Persons from CONSTANTINE to This Present time
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1684
NPG D23930
by George Vertue, after Isaac Oliver
line engraving, 1741
NPG D25392
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Isaac Oliver
line engraving, 1743
NPG D25386
by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Isaac Oliver
line engraving, published 1744 (1743)
NPG D25384
by George Vertue
line engraving, 1745
NPG D25388
by R. Cooper, after Isaac Oliver
line engraving, probably early 19th century
NPG D25385
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