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

Queen Elizabeth I of England

Queen Elizabeth I

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.1550. Attr. to Levina Teerlinc. Yale Center for British Art.	Elizabeth I as Princess, c.1555. Artist Unknown. Current whereabouts unknown.
Elizabeth I as Princess, c.1555. Artist Unknown. Private Collection.	Elizabeth I, c.1560. 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. More information	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.1565. Artist Unknown. Private Collection. © Christie's Images Ltd.

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.1563. Steven van der Meulen. © Philip Mould Fine Paintings.
Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Artist Unknown. Collection of the Duke of Beaufort.	Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Attr. to Steven van der Meulen. Private Collection.
Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Previously attr. to Hans Eworth. Present whereabouts unknown.	Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1565-1570. Artist Unknown. Present whereabouts unknown.