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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Portrait of a Man

1590s

Nicholas Hilliard

(English, c. 1547–1619)
England, late 16th century
watercolor on vellum in a later gilt metal frame
Framed: 5.5 x 4.6 cm (2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in.); Unframed: 3.5 x 2.3 cm (1 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.557
Location: Not on view
  • Cleveland Museum of Art. Portrait Miniatures; The Edward B. Greene Collection. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. Mentioned: p. 27, no. 16; reproduced: frontispiece, no, 16 archive.org
    Auerbach, Erna. Nicholas Hilliard. London, UK: Routledge & Paul, 1961. Reproduced: p. 335; Cat. no. 291
    De Winter, Patrick Marc. Exhibit Handlist: Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance : Their Designs and Models : the Cleveland Museum of Art, November 2, 1982 - March 20, 1983. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 21
    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. 4, pp. 45-47
  • Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
    Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
    Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
    Graham Reynolds, Nicholas Hilliard & Isaac Oliver (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1971), cat. no. 59, repr.
    A Collection of English Miniatures by Hilliard , Oliver, Cooper, Cosway, Smart, Plimer and other Artists of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Sales catalogue, E.M. Hodgkins Collection, New York, 1931) illus. opp. p. 15, no. 1 (as by Isaac Oliver).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of a Man|url=false|author=Nicholas Hilliard|year=1590s|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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