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Portrait of a Woman

c. 1593

Nicholas Hilliard

(British, c. 1547–1619)

England, 16th century

Watercolor on vellum in a gold and enamel locket frame

Image: 3.9 x 3.3 cm (1 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.); Framed: 4.4 x 3.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.); Case: 5.8 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.)

The Edward B. Greene Collection 1940.1210

Location

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Citations

Reynolds, Graham, Nicholas Hilliard, and Isaac Oliver. Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Birth of Nicholas Hilliard. London: Ministry of Education, 1947. Referenced: cat. no. 59

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and American Society of Miniature Painters. Four Centuries of Miniature Painting : A Special Exhibition, Including Loans from Museums and Private Collections and Examples from the Museum's Own Collection, Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the American Society of Miniature Painters, January 19 - March 19, 1950. New York, 1950. Mentioned and Reproduced p. 2-3, inside front cover libmma.contentdm.oclc.org

Allen, Josephine L. "Notes." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 8, no. 6 (1950). Mentioned and reproduced: inside front cover

Cleveland Museum of Art. Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. Mentioned: p. 27, no. 15; reproduced: frontispiece, no, 15

Comstack, Helen. "The Edward B. Greene Collection of Miniatures." The Connoisseur 128, no. 532 (October 1951): 137-144. Mentioned: p. 139; reproduced: p. 138

Reynolds, Graham. English Portrait Miniatures. London: A. & C. Black, 1952. Reproduced: pl. III, fig. 7

Auerbach, Erna. Nicholas Hilliard. London: Routledge & Paul, 1961. Reproduced: p. 131, pl. 101; mentioned: p. 305, no. 101

Korkow, Cory, and Dario Robleto. Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives. 2013. Mentioned: p. 84

Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2013. Cat. no. 2; pp. 35-37

Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 06, November/December 2013 Mentioned and reproduced: p. 6-7 archive.org

Exhibition history

Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 202):September 22, 2008 - January 5, 2009.

Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Hilliard. Victoria and Albert Museum (organizer) (May 31-August 31, 1947).

Four Centuries of Miniature Painting. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (January 18-March 19, 1950).

Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).

Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).

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