Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I

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cultural depiction iconography of monarchs portrait series

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I are a celebrated series of Tudor-era paintings depicting the long-reigning English monarch in highly symbolic and stylized form, emphasizing her power, purity, and political authority.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Coronation Portrait of Elizabeth I	1
Hardwick Hall portraits of Elizabeth I	1
National Portrait Gallery version of the Armada Portrait	1
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I canonical	1
Queen’s House version of the Armada Portrait	1
Woburn Abbey version of the Armada Portrait	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural depiction ⓘ iconography of monarchs ⓘ portrait series ⓘ
artMovement	Tudor art ⓘ
associatedWith	Elizabethan propaganda ⓘ “Cult of Gloriana” ⓘ
commissionedBy	Elizabeth I of England ⓘ Tudor court ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
depicts	Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
depictsSymbol	chastity ⓘ crown ⓘ divine right of kings ⓘ ermine ⓘ fertility of the realm ⓘ imperial globe ⓘ imperial power ⓘ maritime power ⓘ pearls ⓘ pelican in her piety ⓘ phoenix ⓘ political authority ⓘ purity ⓘ rainbow ⓘ sceptre ⓘ sieve ⓘ virginity ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
endTime	early 17th century ⓘ
genre	portrait painting ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	highly stylized ⓘ idealized likeness ⓘ limited aging of the sitter ⓘ symbol-laden ⓘ
hasPart	Armada Portrait ⓘ Bodleian Library version of the Rainbow Portrait ⓘ Hampden Portrait ⓘ surface form: Clopton Portrait Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coronation Portrait of Elizabeth I Darnley Portrait ⓘ Ermine Portrait ⓘ Hampden Portrait ⓘ Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hardwick Hall portraits of Elizabeth I Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Portrait Gallery version of the Armada Portrait Pelican Portrait ⓘ Phoenix Portrait ⓘ Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Queen’s House version of the Armada Portrait Rainbow Portrait ⓘ Sieve Portrait ⓘ Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Woburn Abbey version of the Armada Portrait “Armada” portrait type ⓘ “Darnley” portrait type ⓘ “Ermine” portrait type ⓘ “Mask of Youth” portrait type ⓘ “Pelican” portrait type ⓘ “Phoenix” portrait type ⓘ “Rainbow” portrait type ⓘ “Sieve” portrait type ⓘ
influenced	later royal portraiture in Britain ⓘ visual culture of the “Virgin Queen” myth ⓘ
influencedBy	Renaissance court portraiture ⓘ
languageOfWork	visual language ⓘ
locationOfCreation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mainSubject	Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
notableWorkOf	English Renaissance portraiture ⓘ
regulates	use of the queen’s face pattern ⓘ
significantArtist	George Gower ⓘ Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger ⓘ Nicholas Hilliard ⓘ unknown Tudor court painters ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ
usedFor	dynastic legitimacy ⓘ projection of royal image ⓘ royal propaganda ⓘ