Miniatures: Highlights

Katherine of Aragon

attributed to Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte)
watercolour on vellum, circa 1525
NPG 4682

Queen Mary I

attributed to Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte)
watercolour on vellum, circa 1525
NPG 6453

Katherine of Aragon

attributed to Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte)
watercolour on vellum, circa 1525-1526
NPG L244

Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex

attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, circa 1532-1533
NPG 6310

King Henry VIII

after Hans Holbein the Younger
oil on copper, probably 17th century, based on a work of 1536
NPG 157

Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex

studio of Hans Holbein the Younger
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, circa 1537
NPG 6311

Queen Mary I

by Hans Eworth
oil on panel, 1554
NPG 4861

Gerlach Flicke; Henry Strangwish (Strangways)

by Gerlach Flicke
diptych, oil on paper or vellum laid on panel, 1554
NPG 6353

Unknown woman, formerly known as Lady Jane Grey

by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1555-1560
NPG 764

Queen Mary I

after Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro)
oil on panel, 1555
NPG 4174

Philip II, King of Spain

after Titian
oil on panel, 1555
NPG 4175

Mary, Queen of Scots

by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1560-1592
NPG 1766

Queen Elizabeth I

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

Sir Francis Drake

by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, 1581
NPG 4851

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

by Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour on vellum, circa 1585
NPG 4106

John Maitland, 1st Baron Maitland

by Unknown artist
tempera on card, circa 1588
NPG 2769

Sir Christopher Hatton

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