Sir Philip Sidney
(1554-1586), Soldier, statesman and poetSitter associated with 30 portraits
To many of his contemporaries Philip 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 brother the Earl of Leicester's expedition. His sister Mary Herbert would oversee the publication of the manuscripts of his poems.
after Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 18th century or after, based on a work of circa 1576
On display at Ditchley Foundation, Chipping Norton
NPG 2096
Unknown man, formerly known as Sir Philip Sidney
copy by George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour
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after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
etching, 17th century
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after Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke)
etching, 17th century
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by Renold or Reginold Elstrack (Elstracke), published by Compton Holland
line engraving, early 17th century
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
line engraving, 1620
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after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1620-1650
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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
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after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1679
NPG D41685
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1684
NPG D23930
by George Vertue, after Isaac Oliver
line engraving, 1741
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by George Vertue, after Isaac Oliver
line engraving, 1741
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by Jacobus Houbraken, after Isaac Oliver
line engraving, 1743
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Related People
- Frances Devereux (née Walsingham), Countess of Essex (wife)
- Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester (brother)
- Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (sister)
- Sir Henry Sidney (father)
- Lady Mary Sidney (née Dudley) (mother)
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