anonymous: Queen Elizabeth I
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Artist |
English School
After George Gower
(1540–1596) |
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Alternative names |
Gower |
Description |
English painter |
Date of birth/death |
circa 1540 date QS:P,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
1596 |
Location of birth/death |
England |
London |
Work period |
1570s-1590s |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q2126008 |
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Title |
label QS:Lit,"La regina Elisabetta I"
label QS:Len,"Queen Elizabeth I" |
Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Description |
Queen Elizabeth I |
Date |
circa 1580-1620 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 101.6 cm (40 in); width: 97.8 cm (38.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,101.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,97.8U174728 |
Collection |
Unidentified location
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Location |
17th-century portrait paintings of women, with Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or Unknown Unknown location
label QS:Len,"Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location" and year. |
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Object history |
- Believed to have been given by King Charles I to Judge Twisden, of Royden Hall, Bradbourne, Kent.
- William Frederick Woolley, removed from Pryor's Bank, Fulham; Christie's, London, 11 May 1894, lot 72 as 'Zucchero' (105 guineas to Charles Butler).
- Charles H.A. Butler (1822-1910), Warren Wood, Hatfield, and by descent to the present owner.
- Auction: Christie's, LotFinder: entry 4825595 (sale 7278, lot 9), Live Auction 7278, London, 21 - 22 November 2006, British Pictures 1500-1850, lot 9
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Exhibition history |
- London, New Gallery, The Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland, 1902, no.81, as 'Zucchero', lent by Charles Butler, Warren Wood.
- Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses and Amazons, 1500-1650, 2002, no.63.
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References |
leicestergalleries.com, historicalportraits.com |
Source/Photographer |
http://www.historicalportraits.com/InternalMain.asp?ItemID=1134 |
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