Isaac Oliver c.1595, Æ abt 30

Isaac Oliver (c.1565 – bur.October 2, 1617) was a French-born English portrait miniature painter. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (868x892, 366 KB) Summary Detail of self-portrait of Isaac Oliver at about the age of 30, circa 1595. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (868x892, 366 KB) Summary Detail of self-portrait of Isaac Oliver at about the age of 30, circa 1595. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ... // Events March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... It has been suggested that Portrait painting be merged into this article or section. ... Some links to this page should perhaps link to miniature (illuminated manuscript). ...

Born in Rouen, he moved to London in 1568 with his Huguenot parents Peter and Epiphany Oliver to escape the Alvan religious persecution in France. He then studied miniature painting under Nicholas Hilliard; and developed a naturalistic style, which was largely influenced by Italian and Flemish art. He later married Sara, daughter of the well-known portrait painter Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c.1516–bf.1604) and his wife Susannah de Critz in 1602 after his first wife, Elizabeth, had died in 1599 – the mother of his eldest child: Peter Oliver, who was also a famous "limner". Susannah was the daughter of Troilus de Critz, a goldsmith from Antwerp, and close relative of John de Critz, the Queen's Serjeant-Painter. She was also the older sister or cousin of Magdalen de Critz who married Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1562–1635). Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Huguenot was applied to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. ... Some links to this page should perhaps link to miniature (illuminated manuscript). ... Self-portrait, 1577. ... Naturalism in art refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting. ... Flanders (Dutch: ) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians; a... Gheeraerts birdseye view of Brugges, Flanders in 1562 Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c. ... This page is about the year. ... 1599 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Peter Oliver (1594-1648) was an English miniaturist. ... A goldsmith creating a new ring A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with precious metals, usually to make jewelry. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... // A painter from Flanders, Belgium who worked in England Marcus Gheeraerts was born in Bruges in 1561 or 1562, and was brought to England in 1568 by his father, a painter of whose work hardly anything is known. ...

After the death of Elizabeth I, he became a painter of James I's court, painting numerous portraits of the queen Anne of Denmark and Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... James VI and I (James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots, King of England, and King of Ireland. ... Anna of Denmark (October 14, 1574 – March 4, 1619) was queen consort of King James I of England and VI of Scotland. ... Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales (February 19, 1594 - November 6, 1612) was the eldest son of King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Anne of Denmark. ...

Some of his work is housed in Windsor Castle. Some of his pen drawings are located in the British Museum. Windsor Castle: The Round Tower or keep dominating the castle, as seen from the River Thames. ... The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with a tessellated glass roof by Buro Happold and Foster and Partners surrounding the original Reading Room. ...

See also

• List of British artists

POON JABI WABI A partial list of artists active in Britain, arranged chronologically (but alphabetically within any year). ...