FDA-P.113-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.113-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Queen Elizabeth I
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Three-quarter-length, in a black dress with white winged veil, ruff, lace cuffs, jewells in her hair, a jewelled girdle and jewelled brooch with pendant pearl on her breast. Holding a sieve in her left hand, with a terrestrial globe on stand behind her left shoulder, and a diamond paned window and silhouette of imperial column behind her right shoulder.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 963mm
width (actual size): 788mm
depth (actual size): 3mm
height (frame): 1150mm
width (frame): 980mm
depth (frame): 45mm
width (actual size): 788mm
depth (actual size): 3mm
height (frame): 1150mm
width (frame): 980mm
depth (frame): 45mm
Inscription
Inscribed, upper right: 'Ao.1583'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on panel
Physical description
19th-century carved and gilded frame surmounted by a crown on a cushion
Style
British School 16th Century
Production
Person
Metsys, Quentin (the Younger), c.1543 - 1589 (Source artist)
Date
c. 1584
History and association
Object history note
One of the Sieve portrait type variants dependant on the ex-Duke of Hamilton version. Using the Darnley portrait face pattern
Probably acquired by Eton during the 19th century
Probably acquired by Eton during the 19th century
References
• Ian Tyers, 'The Tree-Ring Analysis of 10 Panel Paintings at Eton College', Dendrochronology Consultancy Ltd, Report 158, June 2009 (pp.30-33)
