Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the world of Elizabethan art : painting and patronage at the court of Elizabeth I

"This book is the first comprehensive survey of aristocratic art collecting and patronage in Elizabethan England, as seen through the activities of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (ca. 1532-1588). One of the most fascinating and controversial people of his day, Leicester was also the most impo...

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Main Author: Goldring, Elizabeth (Author)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] : Yale Univ. Press , 2014
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Author Notes:Elizabeth Goldring
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "a noble Mecenas"The Dudleys and their Milieu, 1509-1559
  • The 1560s: Creation of an Earl
  • The 1570s: Princely Pleasures
  • The 1580s: Leicester and the Netherlands
  • Kenilworth Castle
  • Leicester House and Wanstead Manor
  • Epilogue: Dispersal and Descent.