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Isaac Oliver (c.
1565 – bur.
October 2,
1617) was a
French-born
English portrait miniature painter.
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. He later married Sara, daughter of the well-known portrait painter
Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c. 1520 – c. 1590) and his wife Susannah de Critz in
1602 after his first wife, Elizabeth, had died in
1599 – the mother of his eldest child:
Peter Oliver, who was also a famous "limner". 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.
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