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| Nicholas Hilliard, Unknown Lady, c1595 |
Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver is at the
National Portrait Gallery, until 19 May 2019
From the NPG website:
Described as ‘a thing apart from all other painting or drawing’, the
portrait miniatures of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods are some of
the greatest works of art to be produced in the British Isles. Hilliard
and Oliver were compared by their contemporaries to Michelangelo and
Raphael, and gained international fame and admiration.
This will be the first major UK exhibition of these miniatures for a
generation. It will explore what these intimate images reveal about
identity, society and visual culture in the late sixteenth and early
seventeenth centuries.
Reviews:
Laura Cumming (
The Observer) "Small miracles: Sharp sight, close scrutiny and an unbelievably steady hand unite in
these exquisite Elizabethan miniatures – among the greatest works in
European art" (5 stars)
Mark Hudson (
The Telegraph) "A magnificent clash between two giants of the miniature" (5 stars)
Melanie McDonagh (
Evening Standard) "Exquisite talent from two great players" (4 stars)
Jonathan Jones (
The Guardian) "Small wonders" (4 stars)
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| Nicholas Hilliard, Unknown Man Against a Background of Flames, c1600 |
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| Nicholas Hilliard, Queen Elizabeth I, 1572. |
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| Nicholas Hilliard, Sir Walter Ralegh, c1585 |
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| Isaac Oliver, The Three Brothers Brown, 1598 |
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| Isaac Oliver, Unknown girls aged five and four,1590 |
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| Isaac Oliver, Ludovick Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and Duke of Richmond, c1603 |
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| Nicholas Hilliard, Self-portrait aged 30, 1577 |
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| Isaac Oliver, Self-portrait, c1590 |
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