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ANTIQUE #SA1078784

Portrait Of Elizabeth, Queen Of Bohemia & Electress Palatine, Oil On Canvas Painting, Fine Gilded Frame; Manner Of Paul Van Somer (c.1576-1621) english School

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This exquisite portrait depicts Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. She was the only daughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England and Anne of Denmark. The reigning British monarch, Charles III, is Elizabeth Stuart''s direct descendant and most other European royal families, including those of Spain, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands & Sweden, as well as those formerly of Greece, Romania, Germany, & Russia, are descendants of Elizabeth Stuart.
 
The resplendent costume and exquisite ornamented fabrics amply reflect her wealth and status. Her patterned dress, with long sleeves and pink lining, is decorated with gold thread and she wears a large black diamond and gold pendant from a string of pearls, and large ruby and gold egrets in her coif, which were often worn at her father’s court. The plume of white ostrich feathers was incredibly expensive The stiff flaring lace collar is held in place but a silk-covered wire frame. Many portraits were painted of Elizabeth, both during her lifetime and later. Our portrait, likely executed by an English artist during the eighteenth century, is based on a portrait that was painted while the sitter was living in exile in Rhenen in Holland (once attributed to Paul van Somer (c.1576-1621), and is now in the Royal Collection.
 
Born in Scotland on 19 August 1596, Elizabeth had a happy upbringing at Linlithgow Palace, situated 15 miles west of Edinburgh, and one of the grandest of Scotland’s royal residences. In 1603 her father James succeeded Elizabeth I to the English throne and Elizabeth went to England with her mother and older brother and thereafter grew up in the care of Lord and Lady Harington of Exton, living principally at Combe Abbey, near Coventry. She married a Protestant suitor: Frederick V, Prince Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire in 1613 in a spectacular wedding ceremony in the Royal Chapel at Whitehall Palace in London.
 
The young couple set out on their journey to th...
Antique #SA1078784, shown on this page, originates from the 18th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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