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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY | PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1553-1603), BUST LENGTH, IN A BLACK BEJEWELED DRESS WITH GOLDEN EMBROIDERY AND A HEADDRESS OF PEARLS ENCRUSTED WITH PRECIOUS STONES

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February 5, 05:57 PM GMT

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8,000 - 12,000 USD

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARTHA HYDER

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1553-1603), BUST LENGTH, IN A BLACK BEJEWELED DRESS WITH GOLDEN EMBROIDERY AND A HEADDRESS OF PEARLS ENCRUSTED WITH PRECIOUS STONES

oil on panel, unframed

panel: 16⅛by 12½in.; 41 by 31.5 cm.

The face pattern of this portrait is based on the 'Darnley' portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, London. No other representation of the face of Queen Elizabeth I has been so widely disseminated. Other examples that are similar in style to the present work can be seen in Gloriana: The Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I by Roy Strong.(1)

1. See R. Strong, Gloriana: The Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, London 1987, pp. 84-89.