Levina Teerlinc

"Teerlinc" redirects here. For other similar names, see Teerlinck and Teerlink.

Miniature portrait, possibly of Levina Teerlinc, painted by Nicholas Hilliard in 1572, when the lady in the picture was 52 years of age. Buccleuch Collection[1]

Levina Teerlinc (1510s – 23 June 1576) was a Flemish Renaissance miniaturist who served as a painter to the English court of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. She was the most important miniaturist at the English court between Hans Holbein the Younger and Nicholas Hilliard. Her father, Simon Bening, was a renowned book illuminator and miniature painter of the Ghent-Bruges school and probably trained her as a manuscript painter. She may have worked in her father's workshop before her marriage.[2]

  1. ^ Taylor, Melanie V. (4 March 2023). "Levina Teerlinc (?) Henry VIII's court artist from 1546 – 1576". Melanie V Taylor. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Levina Teerlinc: Biography & Works". Study.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.