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Nicholas Hilliard

1547 - 1619

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Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Hilliard has received more than 290,791 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). Nicholas Hilliard is the 1,532nd most popular painter (down from 1,376th in 2019), the 2,894th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,855th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 1,532 out of 2,023. Before him are Josef Abel, Gustaf Lundberg, Wilhelm Bendz, Joan Mitchell, Uemura Shōen, and Paulus Bor. After him are Jan Fabre, Romanino, Johan Zoffany, Nadir Afonso, John Michael Wright, and Frans Pourbus the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1547, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 23. Before him are Alof de Wignacourt, Princess Sophia of Sweden, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Ubbo Emmius, Jurij Dalmatin, and Faizi. After him is William Morgan. Among people deceased in 1619, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 19. Before him are Marko Krizin, Denis Calvaert, Stephen Pongracz, Melchior Grodziecki, Öküz Mehmed Pasha, and Jagat Gosain. After him are Richard Burbage, Olivier de Serres, Robert Peake the Elder, and Samuel Daniel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 2,894 out of 8,785. Before him are William Burnside (1852), Matthew Macfadyen (1974), Julia McKenzie (1941), Peter Walker (1912), Ronald Fairbairn (1889), and Josephine Butler (1828). After him are Beatrice Tinsley (1941), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Maurice Evans (1901), James Purefoy (1964), Norman Read (1931), and Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Hilliard ranks 56. Before him are Edward Robert Hughes (1851), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Thomas Girtin (1775), Effie Gray (1828), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), and Henry Salt (1780). After him are John Michael Wright (1617), Graham Sutherland (1903), Mary Beale (1633), Richard Dadd (1817), Henry Raeburn (1756), and Allan Ramsay (1713).

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