Isaac Oliver - Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses (c. 1588).A reworking, with updated costume, by I
Isaac Oliver - Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses (c. 1588).A reworking, with updated costume, by Isaac Oliver of the 1569 painting variously attributed to Hans Eworth or Joris Hoefnagel.Allegoric representation of Elizabeth I with the goddesses Juno, Athena & Venus. The fact that Juno seems to signal the Queen to walk towards Aphrodite suggests that the painting was commissioned to pressure Elizabeth into marriage. -- source link
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