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The piece of artwork I chose to examine was, Portrait of a young man, Probably Robert Devereux (1566/1601), Second Earl of Essex. The painting was created by Nicholas Hilliard, a British Goldsmith and Limer, but became popular through his Portaits through the members of the British Court. Nichols Hilliard used flesh banks of colors to create his artworks. Nicholas Hilliard also studied many variations of art technique such as the French limning technique of chalk painting, best exhibited by Gian Lomazzo. The size of the Portrait consumes must of the oval canvas it was painted on. when analyzing this painting, I believe Nicholas Hilliard used a oval canvas to help complement the shape of the head, especially in the paintings of the Court. The oval style allows Nicholas Hilliard to not only use the majority of the space, but to limit the amount of distractions in the background to take away from the protrait in the foreground. The social context of this painting would be it was created i...