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Portrait of Elizabeth of Bohemia (© National Maritime Museum)
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© National Maritime Museum

Portrait of Elizabeth of Bohemia

Artist: Robert I Peake (1576 - 1626)

Location: National Maritime Museum

Date: 1603

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 136 x 95 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £60,000 (Total: £300,000)

Vendor: Weiss Gallery

Review number: 3565 (1991)

Provenance:
Probably painted for John, 1st Lord Harington of Exon, by descent.

Description:
This is a portrait of the seven year old Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I and Anne of Denmark. The princess, dressed in a silver white dress ornamented with jewels, frail, stands full length in a remarkable landscape.

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