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Nicholas Hilliard : life of an artist /

This illustrated biography follows Nicholas Hilliard's long and remarkable life (c. 1547-1619) from the West Country to the heart of the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. It showcases new archival research and stunning images, many reproduced in color for the first time. Hilliard's portrait...

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Main Authors: Goldring, Elizabeth, 1970
Corporate Authors: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Published: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art,
Publisher Address: New Haven, CT :
Publication Dates: 2019.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Hilliard, Nicholas, > 1547?-1619
Painters > Great Britain > Biography
Portrait miniatures, Renaissance > England
Summary: This illustrated biography follows Nicholas Hilliard's long and remarkable life (c. 1547-1619) from the West Country to the heart of the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. It showcases new archival research and stunning images, many reproduced in color for the first time. Hilliard's portraits-some no larger than a watch-face-have decisively shaped perceptions of the appearances and personalities of many key figures in one of the most exciting, if volatile, periods in British history. His sitters included Elizabeth I, James I, and Mary, Queen of Scots; explorers Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter
Carrier Form: xiii, 337 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-315) and index.
ISBN: 9780300241426
0300241429
Index Number: ND497
CLC: K835.615.72
Call Number: K835.615.72/H654G
Contents: Exeter c. 1547-1555 -- Exile and return 1555-1562 -- Apprentice 1562-1569 -- Ascent 1569-1576 -- France 1576-1578 -- England's leading artist 1578-1588 -- A changing of the guard 1588-1603 -- At the court of James I 1603-1619.

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