Nicholas Hilliard
(circa 1547-1619), Miniature painterArtist associated with 34 portraits
Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619) trained as a goldsmith and became an outstanding painter of portrait miniatures, the first notable English artist of this medium. Elizabeth I appointed him her official limner, or miniature painter, a service to the monarch that he continued after the accession of James I in 1603.
More on Nicholas Hilliard: Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard & Oliver exhibition
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, 1572
NPG 108
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, 1576
NPG 4197
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum laid on card, 1578
NPG 6761
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, 1581
NPG 4851
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, circa 1585
NPG 4106
attributed to Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour, 1848, based on a work of circa 1588-1591
NPG 2413
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, after 1588
NPG 5549
Unknown man, possibly George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, circa 1590
NPG 6273
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
after Nicholas Hilliard
oil on canvas, early 19th century, based on a work of 1590
NPG 277
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
by George Perfect Harding, after Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour, early 19th century, based on a work of circa 1590
NPG 1492(c)
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, circa 1590
NPG 5994
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
attributed to studio of Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, circa 1595
NPG 6241
by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, circa 1611
NPG 4260
by Francis Delaram, after Nicholas Hilliard
line engraving, published 1625
NPG D21054
by Francis Delaram, after Nicholas Hilliard
line engraving, published 1630
NPG D16561
by Francis Delaram, after Nicholas Hilliard
line engraving, published 1630
NPG D21053
by Francis Delaram, after Nicholas Hilliard
line engraving, published 1630
NPG D21052
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by John Faber Sr, published by Thomas Bowles Sr, after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after Nicholas Hilliard
mezzotint, published circa 1700-1725 (1617)
NPG D18768
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