Heneage Jewel profile in gold of Queen Elizabeth I ca. 1595 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Small-scale relics from the courts of Elizabeth I and James I produced shortly before and shortly after the turn of the 16th century. The dominant miniature painters were Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619) and Isaac Oliver (1565-1617).
Nicholas Hilliard Unknown youth ca. 1585-90 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Nicholas Hilliard Unknown woman ca. 1590 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Nicholas Hilliard Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke ca. 1590 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
Nicholas Hilliard Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset ca. 1611 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
Nicholas Hilliard Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1576 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
Isaac Oliver Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex after 1596 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
Isaac Oliver Self-portrait ca. 1590 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
studio of Isaac Oliver Henry, Prince of Wales ca. 1610 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
Isaac Oliver Anne of Denmark ca. 1612 National Portrait Gallery (U.K.) |
Isaac Oliver Unknown girl, age 5 1590 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Isaac Oliver Peregrine Bertie ca. 1590 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Isaac Oliver Unknown woman in masque costume 1609 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Isaac Oliver Unknown man 1610 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Isaac Oliver Unknown woman ca. 1615 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Isaac Oliver Venetia Stanley ca. 1615-22 Victoria & Albert Museum |