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20 décembre 2016

Cameo with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, English, circa 1570

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Lot 65. Cameo with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, English, circa 1570. Estimate 7,000 — 10,000 GBP. Lot sold 27,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's

chalcedony, set in a later gold mount - cameo: 23mm., 15/16 in., 28mm., 1 2/16 in. overall (excluding hoop)

Note: In contemporary depictions of Queen Elizabeth's courtiers they are often shown wearing cameo portraits of the queen which were presented to her favourites as ambassadorial gifts; note in particular the painting by Robert Peake, Queen Elizabeth going in procession to Blackfriars in 1600, illustrated by Strong (op.cit., plate I)..

RELATED LITERATURE: R. Strong, Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, Oxford, 1963, pp.128-133; R. Strong,  The Cult of Elizabeth, London, 1977; A. Somers-Cocks, "Intaglios and Cameos in the Jewellery Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum", Burlington Magazine, vol. CXVIII, 1976, pp. 366-376; Princely Magnificence: Court jewels of the Renaissance, 1500-1600, exh. cat. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, nos. 32-33.

Sotheby's. Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art Including Highlights from the Reinhold Hofstätter Collection, London, 06 Dec 2016

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