Isaac Oliver, ca. (1565–1617)

• Was an English portrait miniature painter.
• Born in Rouen around 1565.

• He moved to London in 1568 with his Huguenot parents Peter and Epiphany Oliver to escape the Wars of Religion in France.

• He then studied miniature painting under Nicholas Hilliard.

• His first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1599.

• With her he fathered Peter Oliver, who was also eminent in miniature painting.

• In 1602, he married Sara, daughter of the well-known portrait painter Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder.

• After the death of Elizabeth I, he became a painter of James I's court, painting numerous portraits of the queen Anne of Denmark and Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. 

• Oliver died in London in 1617.

• Some of his work is housed in Windsor Castle.

• Some of his pen drawings are located in the British Museum. 

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