The image shows the upper three-quarters of a woman's body, depicted in a formal, frontal seated position. Her face is round with delicate features and she has curly, elaborately styled hair that is adorned with jewels and flowers. The woman is wearing an ornate Elizabethan gown with an intricately embroidered pattern and a structured ruff around her neck. She is adorned with pearls and holds a scepter in her right hand and a globe or orb in her left. Her expression is neutral, and her gaze is directed forward. The background consists of a detailed, architectural pattern featuring an…
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Queen Elizabeth

Renold Elstrack (English, 1571 - 1625)

Medium
engraving
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 18.1 × 11.5 cm (7 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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