Elizabethan Portraiture

I wanted to look at different portraits from the Elizabethan era to gain inspiration for my looks.  The detailing is exquisite within the images not only does it emphasise the hair and make-up, but it gives a sense of lifestyle.  These were obviously advertisements of the time.

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I abound, particularly from the later years of her reign. Elizabeth was perhaps the first monarch to understand the importance of public relations and she carefully prepared her image for public consumption.

There is certainly little warmth in any of her portraits, but there is much majesty. Beautiful and formidable, she gazes at us from the canvas and remains as compelling a subject in the twenty-first century as she was in the sixteenth.