Portraiture of Elizabeth I
Portraiture of Elizabeth I - Wikipedia
Later portraits of Elizabeth layer the iconography of empire—globes, crowns, swords and columns—and representations of virginity and purity, such as moons and ...
The Queen's Likeness: Portraits of Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I became a public icon. Her likeness appeared on a large number of objects - from the coins in purses to large-scale painted portraits.
Portraits of Elizabeth I: Fashioning the Virgin Queen - Smarthistory
The earliest surviving image of Elizabeth I was painted when she was a princess, about a year before her father died.
Symbolism in portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
Pearls symbolise Elizabeth's chastity and connect her to Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the Moon, who was a virgin and therefore seen as 'pure'.
The Human Face of Elizabeth I - The Tudor Travel Guide
The Hampden portrait was an important full-length panel of the queen, made in the early 1560s. It was one of the first official court images of the young ...
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I | Royal Museums Greenwich
During the 1570s, portraits of Elizabeth began to function more overtly as propaganda or as homages to the Queen. Unlike her predecessors, Queen Elizabeth I ...
Queen Elizabeth I - Person - National Portrait Gallery
Reigned 1558-1603 The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth came to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Mary I. Her long reign, ...
Elizabeth I: Portraying the Virgin Queen's Rise to Power - TheCollector
Elizabeth's portraits were not supposed to reflect a true likeness but instead celebrated her eternal beauty, virtue, and power. Among the ...
Elizabeth I Sieve Portrait | Folger Shakespeare Library
It was painted by George Gower in 1579, just two years before he was appointed Elizabeth's Serjeant Painter. The sieve portrait is considered one of the finest ...
Portraits of Elizabeth I - Medieval manuscripts blog - Blogs
The British Library's current major exhibition Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens offers visitors the opportunity to see five ...
Elizabeth I in Portraiture - Tudor Times
This is reflected in the Ermine Portrait, also attributed to Hilliard, and dating from about 1585. In this painting, Elizabeth's hair appears ...
Gallery of Elizabeth I Portraits - World History Encyclopedia
Here we present some of the most famous of the Elizabeth portraits, often commissioned from the most celebrated artists of the day.
The Hidden Meanings in the Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I - YouTube
Discover the hidden messages and symbolism in the famous portraits of Elizabeth I - the powerful Tudor queen. Elizabeth I is one of the most ...
Restoration of Famed 'Rainbow Portrait' of Queen Elizabeth I ...
The “Rainbow Portrait” of Queen Elizabeth I has been restored and returned to Hatfield House, revealing hidden details from the Tudor era.
Portrait of an Ageing Elizabeth I by Gareth Russell - On the Tudor Trail
It dates from about 1610, seven years after the Queen's death at Richmond, and it shows a fading Elizabeth flanked on either side by the only two enemies she ...
Encountering the Queen: Portraits of Elizabeth I - YouTube
In this series of films Dr Tarnya Cooper, the National Portrait Gallery's Chief Curator and Curator of Sixteenth Century Portraits, ...
Queen Elizabeth I Portraits of the Last Tudor | DailyArt Magazine
One of the most important portraits of Queen Elizabeth I is the Darnley Portrait of c. 1575. It is believed that this was one of few portraits ...
What did Queen Elizabeth I really look like? - RoyaltyNow
One of the last portraits of Elizabeth that can really be trusted is called The Darnley Portrait. Painted around 1575, this image shows ...
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I - Nicholas Hilliard - Google Arts & Culture
The picture is very similar in style to a miniature by Nicholas Hilliard dated 1572 which is now in the National Portrait Gallery. Hilliard is known to have ...
Elizabeth I when a Princess c.1546 - Royal Collection Trust
This painting is the finest and most compelling portrait of Elizabeth I before her accession. It conveys her beauty, dignity, gentleness and learning.
Portraiture of Elizabeth I
The portraiture of Queen Elizabeth I spans the evolution of English royal portraits in the early modern period, from the earliest representations of simple likenesses to the later complex imagery used to convey the power and aspirations of the state, as well as of the monarch at its head.