Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, Part 1: Young Elizabeth (1545-1572)

Queen Elizabeth I of England

The Phoenix Jewel
© British Museum

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I: Young Elizabeth (1545-1572)

The Children of Henry VIII, c.1650-1680. Copy of a lost original, c.1545-1550.
© The Duke of Buccleuch, Boughton House. More information.

The Family of Henry VIII, c. 1543-1547. Unknown artist, after Holbein.
Hampton Court Palace. © The Royal Collection.

Princess Elizabeth, c. 1543-1547. 'The Family of Henry VIII', detail. Anon. Hampton Court Palace. © The Royal Collection.	Princess Elizabeth, c. 1546-7. Attr. to William Scrots. Windsor Castle. © The Royal Collection.
Elizabeth I as Princess, c.1555. Artist Unknown. Private Collection.	Elizabeth I as Princess, c.1555? Artist Unknown. Private Collecction [info].
Elizabeth I, c.1559. Artist Unknown. © Philip Mould & Co.	Elizabeth I, c.1559. Artist Unknown. Private Collection.

Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Procession, 1559.
Artist Unknown. College of Arms.

The Coronation Portrait, c. 1600. Copy of 1559 lost original. Artist Unknown. Previously attr. to William Stretes. © National Portrait Gallery.	Miniature of the Coronation Portrait. Copy of the 1559 lost original, c.1600. Artist Unknown. Private Collection.
Miniature of Elizabeth I, c. 1560-5. Attr. to Levina Teerlinc. © The Royal Collection.	Miniature of Elizabeth I, c. 1560-5. Attr. to Levina Teerlinc. © The Royal Collection.
"The Clopton Portrait", c.1560. Artist Unknown. Private Collection.	Queen Elizabeth, c.1560. Artist Unknown. Philip Mould Ltd., London. Original of the Clopton portrait?
Queen Elizabeth, c. 1560. Background originally blue. Artist Unknown. © National Portrait Gallery.	Queen Elizabeth, c.1560. Attr. to Hans Eworth. Ancient House, Thetford.

Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses, 1569.
Variously attributed to Joris Hoefnagel and Hans Eworth.
© The Royal Collection.

Detail of the above. © The Royal Collection.	"The Hampden Portrait", c.1567. Var. Attr. to Gower or Van der Meulen. © Philip Mould Fine Paintings.
The Gripsholm Portrait, 1563. Artist unknown. National Museum, Stockholm.	Young Queen Elizabeth, 1560s. Artist unknown. The Weiss Gallery, London.
Queen Elizabeth, c.1565. Artist Unknown. Private Collection. © Christie's Images Ltd.	Queen Elizabeth, c. 1560. Artist Unknown. © National Gallery of Ireland.

Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses, date unknown.
Watercolor by Isaac Oliver. ©The Weiss Gallery.

Elizabeth I, 1569. Follower of the Master of the Countess of Warwick. Sold at Bonhams, 24 Oct 2012. Private Collection.	Restored version of previous painting. [Sidebar: The restoration of the face, especially around the eyes, is not good, resulting in the painting looking like a fake.]
Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Artist Unknown. Collection of the Duke of Beaufort.	Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1562. Attr. to Steven van der Meulen. Private Collection.
Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1567. Attr. to George Gower. Yale Center for British Art.	Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Attr. to Steven van der Meulen. Private Collection.
Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Attr. to George Gower. Denver Art Museum.	Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Artist Unknown. Present whereabouts unknown.

Elizabeth I, 1560s, after the Hampden portrait.
Artist Unknown. Private Collection.

"Allegory of the Tudor Succession", c. 1572.
Attr. to Lucas de Heere. Sudeley Castle.

"Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII", c. 1590-95.
Artist Unknown. Yale Center for British Art.