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Portrait miniature depicting Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Nicholas Hilliardca. 1571-74

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Watercolour on vellum depicting Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wearing a black doublet embellished with gold, a thin gold chain suspended around his neck, from which would have hung the Lesser George of the Order of the Garter. He is also wearing a black cap, studded with gold jewels, and trimmed with red and green plumes. The background is painted as a silver damask curtain.

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