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A newly discovered cabinet miniature by Nicholas Hilliard
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 340–347
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Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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Rutherford, Emma (Rutherford, Emma)
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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).
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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).
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8. Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1595. Watercolour on vellum, 25.7 by 17.3 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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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).
Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 74-76
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Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
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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).
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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).
Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 792-794
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Hearn, Karen (Hearn, Karen)
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The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 21st May–29th August | :
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5. Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1537. Oil on panel, 91.5 by 73.5 cm. (Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and North East Somerset Council; exh. Holburne Museum, Bath).
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6. Battle off the Isle of Wight, 4th August 1588. 1589. Pen, ink and watercolour on linen rag paper, 27 by 37 cm. (Courtesy National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth).
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7. Installation view of The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2022, showing the Westminster Tournament Roll, 1511 (The College of Arms, London).
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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Illustrations
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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
Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe: Fashioning Women
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 629-630
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Rublack, Ulinka (Rublack, Ulinka)
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Sartorial Politics in Early Modern Europe: Fashioning Women Edited by Erin Griffey. 344 pp. incl. 11 col. + 68 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2019), £94. ISBN 978–94–6298–600–8. | :
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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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).
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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)
Editorial
Hilliard in Europe
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 99
Article
Nicholas Hilliard’s portraits of Elizabeth I and Sir Amias Paulet
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 716-726
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Bayliss, Sarah (Bayliss, Sarah)
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Carey, Juliet (Carey, Juliet)
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Town, Edward (Town, Edward)
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1. Self-portrait, aged thirty, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1577. Watercolour on vellum put down on card, diameter 4.1 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Alice Brandon, Mrs Hilliard, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1578. Watercolour on vellum mounted on card, 5.9 by 5.75 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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11. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1578. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum mounted on card, 6 by 4.7 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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12. Above Details of eyes in (a) Fig.6 photographed in normal light; (b) Fig.6 photographed in raking light; and (c) Fig.11.
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13. (a) Detail of Sir Walter Raleigh, by Nicholas Hilliard, showing lace from the ruff. c.1585. Watercolour on vellum, 4.8 by 4.1 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London); and (b) Detail of Fig.6 in raking light showing lace from the ruff.
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14. Detail of Fig.5 photographed in (a) normal light; and (b) raking light, showing the impasto of the sitter’s curls of hair.
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15. Infra-red reflectography detail of Fig.5, showing earring and curls of hair.
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16. Detail of Fig.5, showing wet-on-wet stippling in the lips.
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17. Detail of Fig.6, showing the medallion.
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18. Cast of a Renaissance cameo depicting a maenad, by James Tassie. Eighteenth century. Plaster. (Photograph The Beazley Archive, The Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford).
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19. François I, by Jean Clouet. c.1530. Panel, 96 by 74 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1572. Watercolour on vellum, 5.1 by 4.8 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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20. A Woman at her bath, by François Clouet. c.1571. Panel, 92.3 by 81.2 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; Bridgeman Images).
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21. Louis de Gonzague, duc de Nevers, and Heriette de Cleves, duchesse de Nevers, after Nicholas Hilliard. 1578. Woodcut. From The English Miniature, by Roy Strong, London 1983, p.79.
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22. Top left François Hercule, Duc d’Alençon, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1580. Watercolour on vellum mounted on card, 4.8 by 3.9 cm (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
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23. Top right A woman, called Marguerite of Valois, Queen of Navarre, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1577. Watercolour and gouache on vellum, 5.7 by 4.5 cm. (Photograph Sotheby’s, London).
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24. Bottom left Unknown man, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1577. Watercolour and gouache on vellum, 5.8 by 6.4 cm. (Musée Condé, Chantilly).
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25. Bottom right A gentleman in a black doublet and cloak, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1577. Watercolour and gouache on vellum. Height 5 cm. (Photograph Christie’s, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Queen Elizabeth I (‘The Pelican portrait’), by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1575. Panel, 78.7 by 61 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
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4. Queen Elizabeth I (‘The Phoenix portrait’), by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1575. Panel, 78.7 by 61 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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5. Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1576-78. Panel, 81.5 by 61.2 cm. (Rothschild Family; photograph © Hamilton Kerr Institute).
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6. Sir Amias Paulet, by Nicholas Hilliard. c.1576–78. Panel, 81.5 by 61 cm. (Rothschild Family; photograph © Hamilton Kerr Institute).
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7. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, by Steven van der Meulen. c.1564. Panel, 107 by 80 cm. (Rothschild Family; photograph © Waddesdon Image Library).
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8. Lord Rothschild’s bedroom at Tring Park, by H. Bedford Lemere. c.1890. From an album entitled Photographs of Tring Park by H. Bedford Lemere, 1890. (The Rothschild Archive, London).
Western art unattributed:
9. Sir Amias Paulet, by an unknown artist after Nicholas Hilliard. Canvas, 59 by 47 cm. (Government House, Jersey).
Article
A newly discovered variant at Eton College of the Queen Elizabeth I Sieve portrait
10/2014 | 1339 | 156
Pages: 640-659
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Author:
Kimbriel, Christine Slottved (Kimbriel, Christine Slottved)
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McBurney, Henrietta (McBurney, Henrietta)
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Attributed works:
11. Digital overlay of faces in Fig.3 and the 'Darnley' portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, by a Continental artist (National Portrait Gallery, London; overlay by Christine Slottved Kimbriel)
Attributed works:
3. Sieve portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, by Quentin Metsys (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena; image reproduced by kind permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le attività Culturali; photograph copyright of the Soprintendenza B.S.A.E. di Siena e Grosseto)
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7. Detail of the brooch in Fig.3 (Pinacoteca di Siena)
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8. Detail of the pendant jewel in the Portrait of Queen Mary I, by Hans Eworth (By permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London)
Western art unattributed:
1. Sieve portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, English school, 1580s (Eton College; by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College; photograph by C. Titmus; copyright of the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge)
Western art unattributed:
10. Detail of the pendant jewel in Fig.1 (Photograph by C. Titmus; copyright of the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge)
Western art unattributed:
12. Diagram showing relationship between face patterns of Sieve portraits (Christine Slottved Kimbriel)
Western art unattributed:
13. View of the Provost's parlour, Eton College, showing Fig.1 hanging on the wall at the left. Photograph of 1926 (Eton College Photographic Archive; by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College)
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of red-mantled table before removal of overpaint in Fig.1 (Photograph by C. Titmus; copyright of the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge)
Western art unattributed:
15. Detail of globe with partial removal of overpaint in Fig.1 (Photograph by C. Titmus; copyright of the Hamilton Kerr Institute; University of Cambridge)
Western art unattributed:
2. X-radiograph of Fig.1 made in 1965 showing the globe (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London)
Western art unattributed:
4. Sieve portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, English school, 1580s (Private collection, Chicago; by kind permission of the owner; photograph copyright of K. Ara)
Western art unattributed:
5. Sieve portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, English school, 1580s and later (Uppingham School; by kind permission of Uppingham School)
Western art unattributed:
6. Fig.1 before conservation treatment (Eton College; by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College; photograph by C. Titmus; copyright of the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge)
Western art unattributed:
9. Detail of the brooch in Fig.4 (Photograph copyright of K. Ara)
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