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ISAAC OLIVER (c. 1566--1617)

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 88 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISAAC See also:OLIVER (c. 1566--1617)  , See also:English See also:miniature painter, was probably See also:born in See also:London, as in 1571 a certain See also:Peter See also:Olivier of See also:Rouen was residing in London with his wife and had been there for three years with one " chylde " named " Isake . It would seem likely, therefore, that he was not at that See also:time more than six years old . It has been suggested by Mr Lionel Cust, from the Huguenot records, that he is identical with one See also:Isaac See also:Oliver of Rouen, married at the Dutch See also:church in See also:Austin Friars in 1602 . His See also:death occurred in 1617, and he was buried in the church of St See also:Anne, Blackfriars . He was probably a See also:pupil of See also:Nicholas See also:Hilliard, and connected through his wife, whose name is unknown, with the artists Gheeraerts and De Critz . He was an exceedingly See also:expert miniature painter, and splendid examples of his See also:work can be seen at See also:Montagu See also:House, See also:Windsor See also:Castle, Sher-See also:borne Castle and in the collections of Mr J . Pierpont See also:Morgan and the See also:late Baroness See also:Burdett-See also:Coutts . Some of his See also:pen drawings are in the See also:British Museum . (G . C .

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