The Ditchley Portrait: Appeasing Elizabeth I?

This video is sponsored by OrCam, to learn all about their devices (including the OrCam Learn which I used in this video) check out: https://bit.ly/3r3itjt My viewers can get a discount by using code “DrKat” at checkout. Today we’re exploring the Ditchley portrait, its symbols and the possible motivations that led to it being commissioned… I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting! Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos. Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media: Instagram: katrina.marchant Twitter: @kat_marchant Clubhouse: @kat_marchant TikTok: @katrina_marchant Email: [email protected] Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/qeIkbW49B6A] SFX from https://freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated): Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait') by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (c.1592). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Screenshots from: https://www.npg.org.uk/ Screenshot from: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitConservation/mw02079/Queen-Elizabeth-I-The-Ditchley-portrait Portrait of William Paget, 1st Baron Paget by an unknown Flemish artist (1549). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Sir Henry Lee by Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro) (1568). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Anne Vavasour attributed to John de Critz (c.1605). Held in the collection of the Armourers and Brasiers of the City of London. Portrait of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford after an unknown artist (17th century, based on a work of 1575). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Anne of Denmark by John de Critz (c.1605). Held by the Royal Museums Greenwich. Screenshot from: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/#currency-result Quoted texts: James R Jewitt, “‘Eliza Fortuna’: Reconsidering the Ditchley Portrait of Elizabeth I.” The Burlington Magazine 156, no. 1334 (2014): 293–98. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24241709. Ewan Fernie, "Lee, Sir Henry (1533–1611), queen's champion." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 04. Oxford University Press. https://www-oxforddnb-com.lonlib.idm.oclc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-16288 Also consulted, were: Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. #Elizabethan #Art #History

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