Isaac Oliver
Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was a French-born English portrait miniature painter.[1][2][3]
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Life and work
Born in Rouen, he moved to London in 1568 with his Huguenot parents Peter and Epiphany Oliver to escape the Wars of Religion in France. He then studied miniature painting under Nicholas Hilliard; and developed a naturalistic style, which was largely influenced by Italian and Flemish art. His first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1599. With her he fathered Peter Oliver, who was also eminent in miniature painting. In 1602 he married Sara, daughter of the well-known portrait painter Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c. 1520 – c. 1590) and his wife Susannah de Critz. 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).
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.
Some of his work is housed in Windsor Castle. Some of his pen drawings are located in the British Museum.
Gallery
Portrait miniatures
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Portrait of a Young Gentleman (Sir Philip Sydney) by Isaac Oliver.jpg
Portrait of a Young Gentleman (possibly Sir Philip Sydney), 1605
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Isaac Oliver unknown woman in masque costume 1609.jpg
Unknown Woman in Masque Costume, 1609
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Philip Herbert, Fourth Earl of Pembroke (Oliver, 1611).jpg
Philip Herbert, Fourth Earl of Pembroke, 1611
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Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles I) by Isaac Oliver.jpg
Charles I as Prince of Wales, 1615
Larger works
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Oliver Richard Sackville Earl of Dorset 1616.jpg
Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset, cabinet miniature, 1616
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Elizabeth I and the three Goddesses Juno, Minerva & Venus.
See also
References
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- Isaac Oliver online (ArtCyclopedia)
- Three Louvre miniatures recently attributed to Isaac Oliver (The Art Tribune - 20 Sep. 2008)
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- ↑
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- ↑ Macfall, Haldane. A history of painting, volume 7 (Boston: Estes, 1912) pp. 40-41.
- ↑ Baskett, John. Paul Mellon's legacy: a passion for British art (Yale University Press, 2007) pp. 240-1.
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- 1560s births
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- People of the Tudor period
- 16th-century English painters
- 17th-century English painters
- Portrait miniaturists
- People from Rouen
- English portrait painters
- French portrait painters
- Huguenots
- French emigrants to the Kingdom of England
- French Baroque painters