Nicholas Hilliard
Portrait of a lady
Nicholas Hilliard's Portrait of a Lady is a detailed miniature executed in watercolor, bodycolor, and gold on vellum, housed in an ornate gold and silver-gilt frame with enamel border. This work exemplifies the refined technique of Elizabethan portrait miniatures.
- Medium
- Watercolour, bodycolour and gold on vellum, gold and silver-gilt frame decorated with an enamel border;
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
September 17, 2021
Estimate: $4,000 to $6,000
Lot 151
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