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Letter
Translating a Hilliard miniature motto
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 892
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Author:
McGrath, Elizabeth (McGrath, Elizabeth; McG., E.)
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Letter
A new translation of a Hilliard miniature motto
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 668–9
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Author:
Darsie, Heather R. (Darsie, Heather R.)
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Attributed works:
1. Unknown man clasping a hand from a cloud, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1588. Watercolour on vellum mounted on brown card, height 6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
Article
A newly discovered cabinet miniature by Nicholas Hilliard
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 340–347
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Author:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
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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).
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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).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing the floral wreath.
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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).
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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).
Article
Holbein in exhibitions in Frankfurt and London
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 166–170
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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Holbein and the Renaissance in the North, Städel Museum, Frankfurt,(2nd November 2023–18th February 2024) | :
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Holbein at the Tudor Court, Queen's Gallery, London, (10th November 2023–14th April 2024) | :
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Attributed works:
1. Portrait of a man with the surname Fischer, by Hans Holbein the Elder. c.1512. Silverpoint on prepared paper, reworked with brush and ink, 13.5 by 9.5 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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2. Portrait of a man with the surname Fischer, by Hans Holbein the Younger (?). 1512. Oil on panel, 35 by 26.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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3. The wife of a man with the surname Fischer, by Ambrosius Holbein (?). 1512. Oil on panel, 35 by 26.6 cm. (Kunstmuseum Basel; Bridgeman Images; exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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4. Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1527. Black and coloured chalks, pricked for transfer to a wooden panel, 39.8 by 29.9 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
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5. Unidentified man, perhaps George Cornwall, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1535–40. Oil and tempera on panel, diameter 32.4 cm. (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).
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6. Anne Boleyn, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1532–36. Black and coloured chalks on pink prepared paper, 28.2 by 19.3 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
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7. Unidentified man, perhaps George Cornwall, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1543? Black and coloured chalks with black and brown inks on pink prepared paper, 27.9 by 19.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust; exh. Queen’s Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 74-76
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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Attributed works:
10. Angel bearing a candlestick (one of a pair), by Benedetto da Rovezzano. 1524–29. Bronze, 101 by 50 by 33 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Elizabeth I (Sieve Portrait), by Quentin Metsys the Younger. 1583. Oil on canvas, 124.5 by 91.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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12. Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1537. Oil on panel, 28 by 20 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
The provenance and fate of ‘Queen Elizabeth’s Book of Prayers’
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 682-684
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Author:
Aslet, William (Aslet, William)
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Attributed works:
1. François Hercule, duc d’Anjou, after Nicholas Hilliard. Coloured autotype. (From F. Chamberlin: The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth, London 1923).
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2. Queen Elizabeth I, after Nicholas Hilliard. Coloured autotype. (From F. Chamberlin: The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth, London 1923).
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3. François Hercule, duc d’Alençon and Anjou, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. (From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book [. . .], Southwood 1893; British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1579. (From Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book [. . .], Southwood 1893; British Library, London; Bridgeman Images).
Article
George Gower: portraitist, Mercer, Serjeant Painter
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 730-747
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Town, Edward (Town, Edward)
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1. Self-portrait, by George Gower. 1579. Panel, 56.4 by 49.6 cm. (Private collection).
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10. Richard Drake, by George Gower. 1577. Oil on panel, 91.1 by 71.1 cm. (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich).
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11. Infra-red detail of Fig.12, showing the sitter’s eye with pentimento of the iris.
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12. Called Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by George Gower. 1572. Oil on panel, 54 by 34.5 cm. (The Bute Collection, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute).
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13. Sir Henry Sidney, here attributed to George Gower. 1573. Oil on panel, 202 by 122 cm. (Petworth House, Sussex).
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14. Sir Henry Sidney, here attributed here to George Gower. c.1573. Oil on panel, 67.6 by 52.5 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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15. Details of Figs.16 and 13, showing the sitters’s right eye and nose.
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16. Sir Henry Sidney, here attributed here to George Gower. c.1573. Oil on paper, 30.5 by 27.9 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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17. Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, here attributed to George Gower. c.1572. Oil on panel, 193.2 by 110 cm. (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge).
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18. Elizabeth I (The Hampden Portrait), here attributed to George Gower. c.1567. Oil on panel, 196 by 140 cm. (Private collection; Philip Mould & Co., London).
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19. Detail of an infra-red photograph of Fig.17 (left); and a tracing of the features evident in the underlying portrait (right).
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2. Sir Thomas Kytson, by George Gower. 1573. Panel, 53 by 36.9 cm. (Tate, London).
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20. Detail of an infra-red photograph of Fig.18.
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21. Elizabeth I (The Fonthill Portrait), here attributed to George Gower. c.1567. Oil on panel, 45.7 by 33 cm. (Private collection).
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22. Elizabeth I (The Berger/Northwick Park portrait), here attributed to George Gower. c.1567. Panel, 54 by 43.2 cm. (The Berger Collection, Denver Art Museum).
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23. Elizabeth I, here attributed to George Gower. c.1580. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 15.2 by 18.4 cm. (National Portrait Gallery London).
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24. Elizabeth I (The Ermine portrait), here attributed to George Gower. 1585. [Oil on?] panel, 105.4 by 86.4 cm. (Hatfield House, Hertfordshire).
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3. Inscriptions attributed to Gower’s hand from the following portraits, from top to bottom: called Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, 1572 (Fig.12); Elizabeth Cornwalllis, Lady Kytson, 1573 (fig.4); Francis Hart of Lullingstone Castle, 1573 (private collection); Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton, 1577 (Fig.8); and Frances, Lady Brydges, 1579 (Fig.5).
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4. Elizabeth Cornwallis, Lady Kytson, by George Gower. 1573. Panel, 68.3 by 52.1 cm. (Tate, London).
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5. Frances, Lady Brydges, by George Gower. 1579. Panel, 91.1 by 68.6 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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6. Details of Figs.4, 5, 8 and 9 showing the sitters’ right eyes.
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7. Details of Figs.8 and 5, showing gold-mounted jewels.
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8. Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton, by George Gower. 1577. Panel, 61 by 45 cm. (Montacute House, Somerset, National Trust).
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9. Lady Philippa Coningsby, by George Gower. 1578. Panel, 93 by 70.1 cm. (Indianapolis Museum of Art).
Book Review
Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist. By Elizabeth Goldring
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 354-355
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Reviewer:
Perkinson, Stephen (Perkinson, Stephen )
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Reviewed Items
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Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist By Elizabeth Goldring. 352 pp. incl. 250 col. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019),  40. ISBN 978–0–300– 24142–6. | :
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Attributed works:
1. Young man among roses, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1587. Watercolour on vellum mounted on card, height 13.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 414-416
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Reviewer:
Hearn, Karen (Hearn, Karen)
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5. Francis Bacon, later Baron Verulam and Viscount St Alban, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1578. Watercolour and bodycolour with gold on vellum, laid on card, 6 by 4.7 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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6. Unknown woman with a jewelled hat, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1585. Watercolour and bodycolour with gold and silver on vellum, laid on a playing card with four diamonds visible on the reverse, 5.4 by 4.2 cm. (Portland Collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, by Isaac Oliver. c.1596. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, laid on card, 6.5 by 5.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Article
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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Aslet, William (Aslet, William)
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BURGIO, Lucia (BURGIO, Lucia)
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Cachaud, Céline (Cachaud, Céline)
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Derbyshire, Alan (Derbyshire, Alan)
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Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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)
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