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Miniature portrait of a lady

Portrait Miniature
ca.1610-1640 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval portrait miniature of a woman, on parchment on card. Signed by the artist and inscribed 'Constant in the midst / of Inconstancey' (sic).

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read Nicholas Hilliard – An introduction Nicholas Hilliard (1547 – 1619) is the most celebrated English miniaturist of the Elizabethan era. He pioneered the genre known as 'limning', which involved painting with rich, opaque watercolours on vellum (calfskin). The term 'limning' comes from the Latin word 'luminare', meaning 'to gi...

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Object type
TitleMiniature portrait of a lady (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted miniature on parchment on card
Brief description
Oval portrait miniature of Margaret, Countess of Cumberland, on parchment on card, painted by Laurence Hilliard (ca.1581- ca.1640).
Physical description
Oval portrait miniature of a woman, on parchment on card. Signed by the artist and inscribed 'Constant in the midst / of Inconstancey' (sic).
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.5in
  • Width: 2.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed 'L.H.'
  • Inscribed 'Constant in the midst / of Inconstancey' (sic).
Credit line
Bequeathed by V. B. Crowther-Beynon
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
P.10-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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