Artists of the Tudor court of Holbein (1543) and Lucas Horenbout (1544), and would remain as court painter to Henry's son Edward VI and as painter and lady-in-waiting to both his daughters, Mary I and Elizabeth. Levina Teerlinc, in turn, taught the art of limning to Nicholas Hilliard, an apprentice goldsmith who would marry the daughter of Queen Elizabeth's jeweler and rise to become the supreme miniaturist of the age. John Bettes the Elder apprenticed his son, John the Younger to Hilliard. Hilliard's most famous student, Isaac Oliver, later limner to Anne of Denmark and Henry, Prince of Wales, was married to the niece of
Mary Green (painter) Mary Green (painter) Mary Green (1766 – October 22, 1845) was a British painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Mary Byrne was born in 1766. She was the second daughter of engraver William Byrne. Her brother, John Byrne, was also an artist. Her father engraved landscapes and Mary became a miniature painter after studying with Arlaud. Her work was accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1795, and she continued to exhibit there until 1835. She also exhibited at other institutions until 1845, including at the British Institution and the Society