no historians can trace the painter
Nicholas Hilliard painted the Phoenix Portrait on a panel of solid oak wood. He spread oil paint onto the panel and shaped the colors into the likeness of Queen Elizabeth I.
The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England is the name of any of three surviving versions of an allegorical panel painting depicting the Tudor queen surrounded by symbols of imperial majesty against a backdrop representing the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
English Queen Elizabeth I issued a decree commanding that landowners holding sixty acres or more must grow hemp or pay a fine.
"mon portrait" means 'my portrait' in French. It can be a real painting or a written or spoken description.
Purity / Virginity
Marcus Gheeraets the Younger
the sonnet, the gloves, the fan and the roses
The Ditchley portrait has many symbols in it. The reason of it being painted was because of Sir Henry Lee, in Ditchley, Oxfordshire. It was painted to commemorate Elizabeth's forgiveness and visit to Sir Henry Lee.Elizabeth used the ditchley portrait to portray that she is a wealthy,able and powerful leader.as she is stood on the map of England this shows that she owns the world and all in it.The portrait is in the style of propaganda.Some of the painting has been cut off from the edges (7.5 cm form each side). The writing on the right has also lots parts but this is what the remainder of it says:The prince of light, the Sonne by whom thin(gs)Of heaven the glorie, and of earthe the (grace?)Hath no such glorie as (...) grace to go (...)Where Correspondencie May have no plac(e)Thunder the Image of that power dev(ine)Which all to nothinge with a word c(...)Is to the earthe when it doth ayre r(...)Of power the Scepter, not of wr(...)This ile of such both grace (...) powerThe boundless ocean (...) em(...)P(...) p(rince?) (...) the (...)ll (...)Rivers of thankes retourne for Springes (...)Rivers of thankes still to that oc(ean) (...)Where grace is grace above, po(wer)although we might not understand it Elizabeth's people understood it like everyday words to us also she hid meaning in the portrait that her people would understand so although many think it is a load of rubbish one time it was understood and influenced the people of Elizabeth
Ditchley Foundation was created in 1958.
Henry Lee of Ditchley was born in 1533.
Henry Lee of Ditchley died in 1611.
The Rainbow Portrait is of Elizabeth 1.
Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle was created in 1493.
A rainbow! Inscribed in Latin "None sine sole iris" meaning there is no rainbow without sun.
Elizabeth I: The Pelican Portrait, c1575, attributed to Nicholas Hilliard. The portrait was commissioned by the queen.
Elizabeth Shoumatoff has written: 'FDR's Unfinished Portrait' -- subject(s): Biography, Portrait painters, Portraits, Watercolorists