Queen Elizabeth I playing the lute

Hilliard, Nicholas (ca. 1547-1619)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1580
Height:
4.8 cm  (1 7/8 in.)
Width:
3.9 cm  (1 9/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
vellum stuck onto card

    Item location

  • Berkeley Castle (Berkeley, Gloucestershire)

People as subjects

Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1
Image at Van Edwards Lutemaker
image link 2
Wikimedia Commons image
image link 4
Bridgeman Images

Bibliographic references

Early music 41/2 (May 2013) i, front cover.

RIdIM record id

4267