Metsys_Elizabeth_I_The_Sieve_Portrait_c1583.jpg

Summary

Quentin Metsys the Younger : Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I wikidata:Q106307410 reasonator:Q106307410
Artist
Quentin Metsys the Younger (1543–1589) wikidata:Q548527
Alternative names
Quinten Massys (II), Quinten Metsijs (II)
Description Flemish painter
Date of birth/death 1543 Edit this at Wikidata 18 April 1589 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Frankfurt
Work location
Antwerp (....-1581), England (1581-1588)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q548527
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I
label QS:Len,"Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Elizabeth I of England , The Sieve Portrait . Elizabeth is portrayed as Tuccia, a Vestal Virgin who proved her chastity by carrying a sieve full of water from the Tiber to the Temple of Vesta. She is surround by symbols of imperial majesty including a column with an imperial crown at its base and a globe. The portrait is signed on the base of the globe 1583. Q. MASSYS ANT (for "of Antwerp").
Depicted people Elizabeth I of England Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1583
date QS:P571,+1583-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
institution QS:P195,Q2095405
Exhibition history
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Signature:

1583. Q. MASSYS ANT
on the base of the globe
References
Source/Photographer http://www.shafe.co.uk/crystal/images/lshafe/Metsys_Elizabeth_I_The_Sieve_Portrait_c1583.jpg
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