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Nicholas Hilliard

1547 - 1619

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Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547 – before 7 January 1619) was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England. He mostly painted small oval miniatures, but also some larger cabinet miniatures, up to about 10 inches (25 centimetres) tall, and at least two famous half-length panel portraits of Elizabeth. He enjoyed continuing success as an artist, and continuing financial troubles, for forty-five years. His paintings still exemplify the visual image of Elizabethan England, very different from that of most of Europe in the late sixteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Hilliard is the 263rd most popular painter (up from 1,532nd in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,894th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 263 out of 2,023. Before him are Hans Holbein the Elder, Sebastiano del Piombo, Antoine-Jean Gros, Joshua Reynolds, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Rosalba Carriera. After him are Hendrick Avercamp, Cosimo Rosselli, Peder Severin Krøyer, Guercino, Gerard ter Borch, and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1547, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 5. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes, John of Austria, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Claude of France. After him are Justus Lipsius, Oichi, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Mateo Alemán, and Rudolph Goclenius. Among people deceased in 1619, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 6. Before him are Safiye Sultan, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Hans Lippershey, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and Anne of Denmark. After him are Ludovico Carracci, Lucilio Vanini, Lawrence of Brindisi, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, and Diane de France.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 665 out of 8,785. Before him are George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Gustav Holst (1874), Oliver Reed (1938), Hank Marvin (1941), Joshua Reynolds (1723), and James Wilson (1742). After him are Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Gordon Banks (1937), John Ross (1777), Thomas Bayes (1702), and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 10. Before him are John Constable (1776), John Everett Millais (1829), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), John Collier (1850), Edwin Landseer (1802), and Joshua Reynolds (1723). After him are Louis Wain (1860), William Holman Hunt (1827), Leonora Carrington (1917), John Tenniel (1820), Richard Hamilton (1922), and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864).

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