Unknown portrait of Elizabeth I found in the attic
In the English county of East Essex intravital discovered previously unknown portrait of Queen Elizabeth I
in the attic at home in Essex County East intravital discovered previously unknown portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. According to experts, the picture was painted when Elizabeth was about 26 years, that is, shortly after her vosshestviya to the throne. Philip Mould, the London antiquarian, bought the portrait from its former owners, has estimated it at 350 thousand pounds (612.5 thousand U.S. dollars), reports The Telegraph.
In this portrait Elizabeth dressed modestly, and keeps his hand in the Bible. X-ray analysis showed that this image is older, and there is no book written by the Queen, and in a dress with a more luxuriant collar. According to David Stark, an expert on the iconography of Tudor, the second version of the artist wrote the Queen in a way that its image is talking about the commitment to Protestantism.
found in the East Essex portrait is one of two very early: the picture is stored in Windsor, where Elizabeth is depicted a teenager. Most intravital images made by the Queen in her mature years.
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