Brief Biography-Isaac Oliver was born in France in c. 1565. He was brought to England when he was three by his family, fleeing the oppression of the Huguenots. Federico Zuccari, the Italian Mannerist painter who went to England in 1574, gave him some instruction, and eventually, Nicholas Hilliard took him under his wing. The latter taught him the art of miniature painting. He did, however, paint in a larger size. In addition, he took influence from Parmigiano in his drawings, for he was known to have been in Venice in 1596, where they proclaimed him to be French. Both Rubens and Van Dyck did a painting of James I after a miniature by Oliver. He painted the nobility of England, including Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots. Many of his works are in the Royal Collection England.