Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, Quentin Metsys the Younger, 1583

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"). Object Type: painting. Date: 1583. Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Elizabeth I of England. Collection: Pinacoteca Nazionale. Metsys Elizabeth I The Sieve Portrait c1583

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Author: Quentin Metsys the Younger (1543–1589)Source: commons.wikimedia.org

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16th-century portrait paintings of women with black dresses 1580s portrait paintings of women quinten massijs (ii)portraits of red-haired women sieve portraits of elizabeth i vestal virgin quentin metsys the younger portraiture of elizabeth i oil on panel elizabeth i of england pinacoteca nazionale