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A newly discovered cabinet miniature by Nicholas Hilliard
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 340–347
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Author:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Author:
Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
Subjects
artists:
Hilliard, Nicholas / Geeraerts, Marcus, the younger, 1561-1635 / Lockey, Rowland
dates:
1590-1609
subjects:
Stuart, Arabella / Hardwick Talbot, Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, 1527?-1608 / Miniatures (paintings) / Politics / Farnese, Ranuccio (1569–1622) / Marriage / Costume / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
subjects:
British art / Elizabethan School
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A lady, here identified as Lady Arbella Stuart, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1592. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, stuck down on card, 21.1 by 17.6 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
2. Elizabeth I (the Ditchley Portrait), by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. c.1592. Oil on canvas, 241.3 by 152.4 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Elizabeth I (an example of the ‘mask of youth’), by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1592–1603. Watercolour on vellum, 6.5 by 5.3 cm. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the floral wreath.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the gold armillary spheres decorating the gown.
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6. A girl, said to depict Lady Arbella Stuart at the age of twenty-three months, by an unknown artist. ?1577. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 75.1 by 61.5 cm. (National Trust; Hardwick New Hall, Derbyshire).
Attributed works:
7. A girl, said to depict Lady Arbella Stuart at the age of thirteen, by an unknown artist. ?1589. Oil on panel, 162.6 by 87.6 cm. (National Trust; Hardwick New Hall, Derbyshire).
Attributed works:
8. Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1595. Watercolour on vellum, 25.7 by 17.3 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
9. Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, by the Hilliard workshop. c.1595. Watercolour on vellum, 5.2 by 6.4 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
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An English artist at the Valois court: a portrait of Henri III by Nicholas Hilliard
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 102-111
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Author:
Aslet, William (Aslet, William)
Author:
BURGIO, Lucia (BURGIO, Lucia)
Author:
Cachaud, Céline (Cachaud, Céline)
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Derbyshire, Alan (Derbyshire, Alan)
Author:
Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
Subjects
art literature:
Blaise de Vigenere
artists:
Hilliard, Nicholas / Pilon, Germain / Gaultier, Jacques / Foulon, Benjamin
dates:
1500-1599 / 1550-1599
media:
Paintings / Miniatures (paintings) / Frames / Inscriptions / Drawings / Prints / Engravings / Woodcuts / Medals / Documents / Calligraphy
patrons:
Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589 / Dudley, Robert, First Earl of Leicester, 1532?-1588 / Francis d'Anjou, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, 1555-1584
places:
Great Britain / France
subjects:
British painting / French painting / Portraits / Portrait miniatures / Sitters / Royalty / Monarchy / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 / Paulet, Amias, Sir, c.1533–88 / Ronsard, Pierre de / Patronage / Courts (social groups) / Politics / House of Valois / Wars of Religion (France: 1562-1598) / Travel / Dress / Academies / Poetry / Prayer books / Correspondence / Copies / Auctions / Iconography / Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, former / Identification / Dating
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Henri III of France, by Nicholas Hilliard. Here dated c.1576. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, 5 by 3.7 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
Attributed works:
11. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou. Here dated c.1578. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to pasteboard, 5.8 by 4.9 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
3. Reverse of Fig.2, showing the maker’s stamp ‘JP’ or ‘PJ’.
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4. Coronation medal of Henri III, attributed to Germain Pilon. 1575. Bronze, diameter 16.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
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5. Detail of Fig.1 showing the lace ruff.
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of a gentleman, here proposed as Pierre de Ronsard, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1577. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum stuck to playing card, height 5.1 by 4.4 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
8. Pierre de Ronsard, by Benjamin Foulon. 1580–85. Black and red chalk on paper, 33 by 23 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
9. and 10. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou and Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book, with Six Prayers Composed by Her Majesty and Written by Herself in English, French, Latin, Greek, and Italian, etc., Southwood 1893 (The British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
2. Fig.1 in a Renaissance-revival pierced frame. Nineteenth century. Cherry wood, 20.5 by 12.5 cm. (Djanogly Collection).
Western art unattributed:
6. Henri III. France, after 1576. Oil on paper, 13.5 by 9.8 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)