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A c. 1598 CE portrait of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE). Attributed to Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619) or his former apprentice Rowland Lockey (c.1566-1616). The queen was into her sixties at the time of this portrait and, though...

Henry III of France (r. 1574-1589), oil on canvas by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1576-78. Private Collection.

A c. 1575 CE portrait of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1588-1603 CE) known as the 'Phoenix Portrait'. The work is by Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619) and is named after the pendant the queen wears hanging on her chest. The phoenix symbolizes regeneration...

The Palace of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia at Livadia, Yalta, Crimea, May 1918. The palace famously hosted the Yalta Conference of February 1945 where Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin discussed how to best end the...

A portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE), the English courtier, soldier, mariner, explorer and historian. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

A miniature portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE) playing the lute.

A portrait of an unknown woman, thought to be Emilia Lanier Bassano, English poet and perhaps the inspiration behind William Shakespeare's 'Dark Lady'. Watercolor on vellum, by Nicholas Hilliard, circa 1590. Victoria and Albert Museum, London...

Portrait of an Elizabethan lady, thought to be Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich (1563-1607); sister to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and muse of the poet Sir Philip Sidney, who used her as inspiration for his sonnet sequence Astrophel and...

A depiction of the early phase of the Battle of the Nile (1-2 August 1798), oil on canvas by Nicholas Pocock, 1808. National Maritime Museum, London.

Guests from Overseas, oil on canvas painting from the series Beginnings of the Rus by Nicholas Roerich, 1901. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.