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Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia

Bust
1641 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dieussart, François (maker)
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)

Elizabeth (1596-1662), was the sister of Charles I of England. This bust is a second version of one paired with a portrait of her hsband, King Frederick V, in the collection of H.R.H. the Prince of Hanover. It was one of the first commissions recevied by the sculptor after he had left England for the Hague, where the Queen was living in exile.

Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Bust
Titles
  • Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia (generic title)
  • The Winter Queen (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Marble
Marble
Brief description
Marble bust of Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia by François Dieussart, made in the Netherlands, 1641
Physical description
Bust, marble. The subject is shown looking to her half-right. She wears a firnged gown which is caught on her left shoulder with a circular clasp. Her hair falls in ringlets over the ears and is drawn back over the top of the head and arranged at the back in a circle of plaits. Inscribed on the front of the base: AELIS. REG/ BOH/ FIL. JAC. REX. MAG. BRIT. 1641.
Dimensions
  • With socle height: 81.6cm
  • Socle height: 16.8cm
  • Width: 57cm
  • Depth: 50cm
  • Height: 710mm (without socle) (Note: Measured by Conservation for Europe 1600-1800)
  • Width: 630mm (Note: Measured by Conservation for Europe 1600-1800)
  • Depth: 390mm (Note: Measured by Conservation for Europe 1600-1800)
Height from Trusted, Marjorie (ed.), The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European Sculpture, London, 2007, p. 97, pl. 168. Other measurements from the Object Card (width and depth meausured by EEH 19/01/1999).
Marks and inscriptions
AELIS. REG. BOH. FIL.IAC. REX. MAG. BRI. 1641.
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support
Object history
Bought from the executors of the Earl of Craven with a contribution from the National Art Collection Fund.
Subject depicted
Elizabeth (Queen of Bohemia)
Summary
Elizabeth (1596-1662), was the sister of Charles I of England. This bust is a second version of one paired with a portrait of her hsband, King Frederick V, in the collection of H.R.H. the Prince of Hanover. It was one of the first commissions recevied by the sculptor after he had left England for the Hague, where the Queen was living in exile.
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Yearbook 4, p. 73
  • Whinney, Margaret, Sculpture in Britain 1530-1830. 2nd ed. London: Penguin, 1988 p. 440, note 33.
  • Scholten, F, Sumptuous Memories: Studies in Seventeenth Century Dutch tomb sculpture, Zwolle, 2003, p. 123.
  • Trusted, Marjorie, ed. The Making of Sculpture. The Materials and Techniques of European Sculpture. London: 2007 p. 97, pl. 168.
  • Hayes, John. The portrait in British art : masterpieces bought with the help of the National Art Collections Fund National Portrait Gallery Publications, London, 1991
  • Medlam, S. and Ellis Miller, L. (eds.) Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A Publishing, 2011.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.8-1967

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Record createdMarch 8, 2004
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