Portrait of Sir Anthony Mildmay, Knight of Apethorpe, Northants
c. 1590–93
Nicholas Hilliard
Nicholas Hilliard (British, c. 1547–1619)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of Sir Anthony Mildmay, Knight of Apethorpe, Northants, c. 1590–93. Nicholas Hilliard (British, c. 1547–1619). Watercolor on vellum mounted on card, mounted on wood; unframed: 23.3 x 17.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.554 A little dog gazes adoringly at Mildmay who was by all accounts a very arrogant man.
- Maker/Artist
- Hilliard, Nicholas
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- watercolor on vellum mounted on card, mounted on wood
- Medium
- watercolor, vellum, mounted, card, wood
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 23.3 x 17.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1926.554
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Masterpieces of Art from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Hilliard, Art: The International Language, Water Color, Artists of the Tudor Court: The Portrait Miniature Rediscovered 1520-1620, Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Masterpieces of Art.</em> New York World’s Fair, New York, NY (May-October 1939).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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