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Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. October 2 , 1617 ) was a French -born English Portrait Miniature painter.

Born in , who was also a famous "limner". Susannah was the daughter of Troilus de Critz, a Goldsmith from Antwerp , and close relative of John De Critz , the Queen's Serjeant-Painter . She was also the older sister or cousin of Magdalen de Critz who married Marcus Gheeraerts The Younger (1562–1635).

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 .

Some of his work is housed in Windsor Castle . Some of his pen drawings are located in the British Museum .


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