Sieve Portrait
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The Sieve Portrait is a famous late-16th-century painting of Queen Elizabeth I that symbolizes her chastity and wisdom through the allegorical motif of a sieve.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ portrait ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| depictionOf | Virgin Queen iconography ⓘ |
| depicts |
Elizabeth I of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsAgeOfSitter | middle-aged Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsCostume | Elizabethan court dress ⓘ |
| depictsObject |
column
ⓘ
globe ⓘ sieve ⓘ |
| depictsTheme |
female sovereignty
ⓘ
imperial ambition ⓘ monarchical virtue ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical portrait
ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasAllegoricalMotif | sieve ⓘ |
| hasArtisticFunction |
dynastic propaganda
ⓘ
royal image-making ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Tudor court culture ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | late Tudor period ⓘ |
| hasIconographicSource | classical allegory of the Vestal Virgin Tuccia ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later representations of Elizabeth I ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
oil on canvas
ⓘ
oil on panel ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Renaissance style ⓘ |
| hasSubjectGender | female ⓘ |
| inception | late 16th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
chastity
ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ |
| movement | Elizabethan art ⓘ |
| partOf | iconography of Elizabeth I ⓘ |
| portraysAttribute |
female chastity
ⓘ
political wisdom ⓘ royal authority ⓘ |
| portraysDynasty | House of Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysRole | monarch of England ⓘ |
| portraysTitle |
Queen of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
chastity
ⓘ
political virtue ⓘ virginity ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMotif | sieve ⓘ |
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