File:Sir Walter Raleigh oval portrait by Nicholas Hilliard.jpg

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Summary

Nicholas Hilliard: Sir Walter Raleigh

Artist



Description	English painter and goldsmith
Date of birth/death	circa 1547 date QS:P,+1547-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	7 January 1619
Location of birth/death	English: Exeter, Devon, England	London
Work period	1550 –1619
Work location	London (1570–1576); France (1576–1578); London (1578–1619)
Authority file	: Q318114 VIAF: 79202769 ISNI: 0000000081592861 ULAN: 500028850 LCCN: n50035194 NLA: 35678618 WorldCat

Title

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait miniature

Depicted people

Walter Raleigh

Date

circa 1585

Medium

watercolor paint on vellum mounted on board

Dimensions

height: 4.8 cm (1.8 in)

; width: 3.8 cm (1.4 in)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Parent institution	National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 07′ 41.16″ W
	Established	1856
	Website	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q238587 VIAF: 165430167 ISNI: 0000000121496058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

Current location

room 5 on Floor 3

Accession number

NPG 4106 (National Portrait Gallery)

Notes

Deutsch: Miniaturmalerei, Elisabethanischer Stil

English: Miniature painting, Elizabethan Period

References

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw05203/Sir-Walter-Ralegh-Raleigh (English)

Source/Photographer

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

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current	20:00, 8 January 2016	1,576 × 1,923 (573 KB)	Waterborough	Sorry, source is the Yorck Project as stated. Please upload your file under another name. Contrast has been corrected.
	18:30, 8 January 2016	457 × 534 (229 KB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Reverted to version as of 16:29, 7 January 2016 (UTC) The previous version has excesive contrast
	21:47, 7 January 2016	1,576 × 1,923 (578 KB)	Waterborough	Sorry, but this is the best version in terms of colour, contrast and resolution
	16:35, 7 January 2016	457 × 534 (116 KB)	Bogomolov.PL	better contrast
	16:29, 7 January 2016	457 × 534 (229 KB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Mayor calidad
	16:54, 14 January 2013	1,576 × 1,923 (578 KB)	Bogomolov.PL	color, brightness and contrast correction
	20:30, 11 March 2007	1,576 × 1,923 (590 KB)	Waterborough	Auf eine alte Version zurückgesetzt
	20:29, 11 March 2007	1,576 × 1,923 (232 KB)	Waterborough	Auf eine alte Version zurückgesetzt
	17:06, 10 January 2007	1,576 × 1,923 (590 KB)	Waterborough	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Porträt des Sir Walter Raleigh, Oval \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Wasserfarbe auf Pergament auf Pappe \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 4,8 × 3,8 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' London \|Country=<br /> ** ''de:'' Großbrit
	16:15, 19 May 2005	1,576 × 1,923 (232 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Porträt des Sir Walter Raleight, Oval \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Wasserfarbe auf Pergament auf Pappe \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 4,8 × 3,8 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' London \|Country=<br /> ** ''de:'' Großbri