QUEEN ELIZABETH THE FIRST RAINBOW PORTRAIT (c. 1600)
The Rainbow Portrait, an image of Queen Elizabeth
I as the "Queen of Love and Beauty" (circa
1600), was painted when Queen Elizabeth the First was in
her sixties. This portrait uses strong iconography in it's
composition, including the decoration of eyes and ears on her
cloak, implying that she sees and hears all and alluding to her
personal motto: video et taceo ("I see but say nothing"),
and the references to Astraea (wildflowers) and Cynthia, the goddess
of the moon (the crescent at the top of her crown), amongst other
notable items. There is debate about who the painter may have
been - Isaac Oliver has been suggested, others favour Gheeraerts.
This is a cropped version of the original portrait,
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