Exclusive: Miniature thought to be Elizabeth, Lady Leighton, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s ladies-in-waiting
Exclusive: Miniature is thought to be of Elizabeth, Lady Leighton, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s ladies-in-waitingA previously unknown 1580s portrait by Queen Elizabeth I’s official painter has been discovered after languishing for hundreds of years in a private collection.
Hilliard was the great English painter of the Renaissance, appointed as the queen’s official limner, or miniature painter, creating numerous portraits of her and members of her court. His exquisite, intimate miniatures are among the most revered masterpieces of European art. “The really exciting thing is, was it meant to have been given to Sir Walter Raleigh, who had a massive crush on Lady Leighton? He wrote her love poetry. There’s no evidence that anything happened. There’s only evidence of him approaching her. No response from her – unless it’s this miniature, which is exciting.”
Goldring said: “Was this miniature a present for Raleigh, to put in his pocket, thus reciprocating for the gift of this poem?” Rutherford said Hilliard’s miniature of Raleigh of around 1585, now in the National Portrait Gallery, depicts him in a similar manner, including the ruff. She said: “That ruff had quite a specific fashion span. So, of all the images of her to come to light, this is the one that’s closest to his attempt to woo her.”
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