Rainbow Portrait

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The Rainbow Portrait is a richly symbolic early-17th-century painting of Queen Elizabeth I, famed for its elaborate allegorical imagery emphasizing her power, wisdom, and eternal youth.

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instanceOf allegorical painting
portrait painting
artHistoricalSignificance late example of Elizabethan iconography created near the end of her reign
noted for dense allegorical symbolism
one of the most famous images of Elizabeth I
associatedWithPeriod late Elizabethan era
associatedWithTheme monarchical power and surveillance
royal propaganda
the cult of the Virgin Queen
collection Hatfield House
commissionedBy Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (attributed)
countryOfOrigin England
creator Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (attributed)
depicts Elizabeth I of England
depictsAgeOfSitter idealized youth
depictsAttribute divine right to rule
eternal youth
imperial authority
power
virginity
wisdom
depictsClothingStyle highly elaborate court dress
depictsHeaddress ornate jeweled headdress
depictsMonarch Queen of England
Queen of France (title claimed)
Queen of Ireland
featuresMotto Non sine sole iris
featuresObject eyes and ears embroidered on the cloak
jeweled crown
pearls
rainbow
serpent on the sleeve
sun-like jewels
genre Tudor portraiture
hasTitle Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I
inception circa 1600
early 17th century
locatedIn England
Hatfield House
Hertfordshire
medium oil painting
movement Elizabethan art
support canvas
symbolizes Elizabeth I as source of peace and harmony
Elizabeth I’s all-seeing, all-hearing authority
Elizabeth I’s control over nature and the elements
Elizabeth I’s eternal youth and timelessness
Elizabeth I’s prudence and wisdom

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Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I hasPart Rainbow Portrait