Tudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens

Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate Artworks

Over the past few years, art historians have identified several previously unknown paintings by Elizabeth I’s favorite artist, Nicholas Hilliard

Smithsonian Magazine
9 March 2026

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