Size of this preview: 491 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 197 × 240 pixels | 393 × 480 pixels | 629 × 768 pixels | 839 × 1,024 pixels | 1,576 × 1,923 pixels.

Original file ‎(1,576 × 1,923 pixels, file size: 573 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

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

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.

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

	This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
	This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

The work of art depicted in this image and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by The Yorck Project. The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Information

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
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