Levina Teerlinc
Flemish painter (1510-1576) · Artists · Died at 66
Levina Teerlinc 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.
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![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]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Levina_Teerlinc_by_Nicholas_Hilliard.webp/330px-Levina_Teerlinc_by_Nicholas_Hilliard.webp.png)
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]
Self-portrait by Simon Bening, Levina Teerlinc's father![Portrait of Elizabeth I attributed to Levina Teerlinc, c. 1560-1565. The Royal Collection.[15] The likeness the sitter bears to those in miniatures of Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford, has led to many suggestions that Lady Katherine Grey may be the sitter instead](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Levina_Teerlinc_Elizabeth_I_c_1565_b.jpg/500px-Levina_Teerlinc_Elizabeth_I_c_1565_b.jpg)
Portrait of Elizabeth I attributed to Levina Teerlinc, c. 1560-1565. The Royal Collection.[15] The likeness the sitter bears to those in miniatures of Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford, has led to many suggestions that Lady Katherine Grey may be the sitter instead![Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford with her eldest son Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, by Levina Teerlinc. Late 1562 or early 1563.[20] Private collection](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Catherine_Grey_with_son.jpg/500px-Catherine_Grey_with_son.jpg)
Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford with her eldest son Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, by Levina Teerlinc. Late 1562 or early 1563.[20] Private collection![Possible portrait miniature of Amy Robsart on the occasion of her wedding, 1550,[note 1] by Levina Teerlinc. In the Yale Center for British Art](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Miniatureenlarged.jpg/500px-Miniatureenlarged.jpg)
Possible portrait miniature of Amy Robsart on the occasion of her wedding, 1550,[note 1] by Levina Teerlinc. In the Yale Center for British Art
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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.
