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Summary
Queen Elizabeth I Feeds the Dutch Cow | ||
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Artist |
Unknown
Unknown
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Title |
Queen Elizabeth I Feeds the Dutch Cow
label QS:Len,"Queen Elizabeth I Feeds the Dutch Cow"
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Genre | satire | |
Description |
English:
This satirical painting depicts a cow which represents the Dutch provinces.
King Philip II of Spain
is vainly trying to ride the cow, drawing blood with his spurs.
Queen Elizabeth
is feeding it while
William of Orange
holds it steady by the horns. The cow is defecating on the
Duke of Anjou
, who is holding its tail.
The picture was painted in the period following the visit of François, Duke of Anjou (brother of King Henry III of France ) to Queen Elizabeth's court in 1581–82 to discuss his marriage proposal and his military support for the Anglo-Dutch alliance against the Spanish. Anjou's subsequent mission to the Netherlands met with disaster when his army was massacred by the citizens of Antwerp in early 1583. William of Orange was assassinated the following year. The dating of the picture to about 1586 is based on its use of an image of Philip, by William Key, engraved in that year. (Reference: Hearn, p. 87.) |
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Date |
circa 1586
date QS:P571,+1586-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium | oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 | |
Dimensions |
height: 39.4 cm (15.5 in); width: 49.5 cm (19.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,39.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,49.5U174728
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Source/Photographer |
Karen Hearn,
Dynasties
, London: Tate, 1995,
ISBN
1854371576
, p. 87.
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