The NPG website explains:
"Described as ‘a thing apart from all other painting or drawing’, the portrait miniatures of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods are some of the greatest works of art to be produced in the British Isles. Hilliard and Oliver were compared by their contemporaries to Michelangelo and Raphael, and gained international fame and admiration.
This will be the first major UK exhibition of these miniatures for a generation. It will explore what these intimate images reveal about identity, society and visual culture in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries."
It really does sound wonderful, doesn't it?
Here are the details:
21 February - 19 May 2019
Open daily 10.00 – 18.00/ Friday until 21.00
Porter Gallery
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE
Tickets
£10/ £8.50 (concessions)
Find out more and book at https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/elizabethan-treasures/exhibition/.
Speaking of Hilliard, Elizabeth Goldring has just published a book on him - Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist:
Definitely one to add to the list!
Amazon links:
- Amazon.com - https://amzn.to/2t6sflw
- Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/2t6akLL