Sir Philip Sidney

Sitterback to top

• Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Soldier, statesman and poet. Sitter associated with 30 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Unknown artist. Artist associated with 6232 portraits.

This portraitback to top

The Latin motto in this portrait can be translated as 'the rest is fame'.

Related worksback to top

• NPG 2096: Sir Philip Sidney (source portrait)
• NPG D41682: Sir Philip Sidney (source portrait)

Linked publicationsback to top

• Audio Guide
• Tudor Portraits Resource Pack, p. 34
• Clare Gittings, The National Portrait Gallery Book of Elizabeth I, 2006, p. 21
• MacLeod, Catharine, Tudor Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, 1996, p. 34
• Nicholl, Charles, Character Sketches: Elizabethan Writers, 1997, p. 28
• Nicholl, Charles, Insights: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries, 2005, p. 54
• Piper, David, The English Face, 1992, p. 61
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 565

Subject/Themeback to top

• On display at the Gallery