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Nicholas Hilliard — Portrait of a lady
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

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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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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;
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Gold, Watercolor, Decorative, Detailed, Portrait, Elegant, British, Woman, Miniature, Renaissance

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