The many portraits of Elizabeth I constitute a tradition of image highly steeped in classical mythology and the Renaissance understanding of English history and destiny, filtered by allusions to Petrarch's sonnets and, late in her reign, to Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene. This mythology and symbology, though directly understood by Elizabethan ...

This painting is the finest and most compelling portrait of Elizabeth I before her accession. It conveys her beauty, dignity, gentleness and learning. Although it was probably painted for her father, Henry VIII, it is first recorded in the collection of her half-brother, Edward VI, where it is described as the picture of the Ladye Elizabeth her ...

2022年3月9日 · Elizabeth I when a Princess is the earliest surviving portrait of Queen Elizabeth. It illustrates a high-minded and knowledgeable princess aged 13 or so, not destined to be Queen of England but to form advantageous alliances by making a profitable marriage.

In the Ditchley Portrait, Elizabeth is represented at roughly life-size, but within the realm of the portrait she is a giantess, standing astride the globe. Her costume, with its huge sleeves and farthingale , all but eliminates the human quality of sex in favor of a more divine representation.

2023年5月9日 · Portraits of Elizabeth I were produced throughout the early modern era from the 1500s to the 1800s. These portraits of Queen Elizabeth the First were at first simple representations of her likeness, and later evolved into complex images meant to communicate her power and ideals.

See GALLERY for a selection of the Queen's most famous portraits. Although there are few portraits of Elizabeth as princess, many portraits survive of her as Queen. Some earlier portraits may have been lost over the years, but in all probability very few were produced.

2022年1月13日 · The British Library’s current major exhibition Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens offers visitors the opportunity to see five portraits of Elizabeth I. At the start of the exhibition, Elizabeth’s beautiful mother of pearl locket ring is displayed open to reveal enamelled miniature portraits of her and Anne Boleyn....

2024年12月4日 · Other symbols used in portraits of Elizabeth include dogs that refer to fidelity, columns that allude to rising classical values and their perceived ties to refinement amongst the aristocracy, crowns that symbolize the power of the monarch over the realm, and the Tudor Rose as the official symbol for the dynasty.

2024年3月20日 · 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 that were painted from life. The face of Elizabeth as depicted here became the template for many other representations of her afterward.

Karsh's official portrait of Princess Elizabeth was taken at Clarence House, in London, on July 30, 1951. It shows the young Princess happy and relaxed, only a short six months before the death of her father, King George VI, when she suddenly became the future Queen of England, with all the weighty responsibilities that would bring.