Portraiture of Elizabeth I
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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
Portrait of Elizabeth I in her coronation robes. Copy c. 1600–1610 of a lost original of c. 1559. The pose echoes the famous portrait of Richard II in Westminster Abbey, the second known portrait of a British sovereign.
One of many portraits of its type, with a reversed Darnley face pattern, c. 1585–90, artist unknown
Elizabeth "in blacke with a hoode and cornet", the Clopton Portrait, c. 1558–60
A copy of Holbein's Whitehall Mural.
Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on h
Portraiture of Elizabeth I
…The portraiture of Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) spans the evolution of English royal portraits in the early modern period (1400/1500–1800), from the earliest representations of simple…
Elizabeth's parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Anne was executed within three years of Elizabeth's birth.
A rare portrait of a teenage Elizabeth prior to her accession, attributed to William Scrots. It was painted for her father in c. 1546.
Elizabeth's guardian, Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley