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Nicholas Hilliard
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British artist (1547-1619)
OverviewAI-generated
Nicholas Hilliard was an English painter and goldsmith born in 1547 in Exeter, working in portrait and miniature painting from 1550 to 1619. He worked in London and France, and his student was Isaac Oliver. His works are held in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Tate, the National Gallery of Art and the Nationalmuseum. Hilliard died in London on 7 January 1619 and was buried at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1547 , Exeter , England
- Died
- before 7 January 1619 (1619-01-07) (aged 71–72), London , England
- Resting place
- St Martin-in-the-Fields , Westminster
- Known for
- Portrait miniatures
- Spouse
- Alice Brandon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1576 ; died 1611 )
- Children
- Daniel Hilliard Elizabeth Hilliard Francis Hilliard Laurence Hilliard Lettice Hilliard Penelope Hilliard Robert Hilliard
- Parents
- Richard Hilliard Laurence Wall
- Patrons
- Elizabeth I James I
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicholas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Exeter
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- goldsmith
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- miniature
- Genre
- portrait
- Image
- Nicholas Hilliard 021 (2).jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Nicholas Hilliard
- date of death
- 1619-01-07
- date of birth
- 1547-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Nicholas Hilliard
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- student
- Isaac Oliver
- start of work period
- 1550-01-01
- end of work period
- 1619-01-01
- place of burial
- St Martin-in-the-Fields
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Nicholas Hilliard, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547 – before 7 January 1619) was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England. He mostly painted small oval miniatures, but also some larger cabinet miniatures, up to about 10 inches (25 centimetres) tall, and at least two famous half-length panel portraits of Elizabeth. He enjoyed continuing success as an artist, and continuing financial troubles, for forty-five years. His paintings still exemplify the visual image of Elizabethan England, very different from that of most of Europe in the late sixteenth century. Technically he was very conservative by European standards, but his paintings are superbly executed and have a freshness and charm that has ensured his continuing reputation as "the central artistic figure of the Elizabethan age, the only English painter whose work reflects, in its delicate microcosm, the world of Shakespeare's earlier plays."
Early life and family
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