Product Description: Nicholas Hillard has helped form our ideas of the appearance of Elizabeth I, Mary Queen on Scots. Sir Francis Drake and James I among others. His painted works open a remarkable window onto the highest levels of English/British society in the later years of the 16th century.

Product Description: Gheeraert's portrait of Elizabeth I, painted in c.1592 and owned by the National Portrait Gallery, London, is one of the most famous paintings of the 'Virgin Queen'. This is the first book to address the life and work of this innovative artist who painted some of the most important figures of his age, defining the public image of the monarchy under Elizabeth I and James I...read more

Describes how Tudor and Stuart monarchs and their nobles manipulated their images through control of their portraits, and discusses the works of Holbein, the role of European painters in England, and the techniques and materials used in the Tudor period