The exhibition, titled Elizabeth I: Queen and Court , will go on display from the 14th May until the 10th July.
This spring, Philip Mould & Company will present Elizabeth I: Queen and Court, an exhibition filled with Tudor works including the earliest surviving life-size, full-length portraits painted during Queen Elizabeth I’s lifetime, alongside some of the key figures of her reign and close circle of courtiers and confidantes.
Drawing from private collections, the display will feature never-before-seen and rarely shown paintings and explores how portraiture functioned as a tool of power and was used to project authority, secure allegiance, and, in rare cases, register dissent.
At the centre of the show will be four portraits of Elizabeth I (1533-1603), which trace her transformation from young Tudor princess to the Virgin Queen of her later years. Displayed side-by-side they reveal the sustained and strategic management of her image across a reign shaped by religious tension and political uncertainty.
The aim of the exhibition is showcase how portraiture became one of Elizabeth’s most effective instruments of rule; not least as a means of asserting divine authority.
Among highlight pieces include a rare portrait of Elizabeth’s cousin and rival for the English throne, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532-1588) and William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598).
To find out more visit: https://philipmould.com/exhibitions/62-elizabeth-i-queen-court-an-exhibition-exploring-how/