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A three-quarter-length portrait slightly to the left, seated. Elizabeth holds a sceptre in her right hand and, seated on a red throne, she is set against a background which is probably of green leather with a gold decoration. She wears a black dress sewn with jewels, a crown set with pearls and a large jewel in her ring. She also wears a cape of silk, a large ruff and three rows of pearls, and two rows of pearls with precious stones round her waist. Her left hand, with two rings, rests on a table covered with red velvet cloth fringed in gold thread. The sleeves of her white under-dress are thickly sewn with jewels. Although Elizabeth was third in line for the succession at her father's death in 1545, the early deaths of her brother and elder sister brought her to the throne in 1558.
This painting was formerly attributed to John Bettes, the Younger, but not on any substantial evidence.
Title
Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
Date
c.1590
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 119.4 x W 91.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2680
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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