Portrait of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Elizabeth_I" class="extiw" title="w:en:Elizabeth I"><span title="Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603">Elizabeth I of England</span></a> (1533-1603) with a crescent moon jewel in her hair. <br>
"This miniature in one of many painted by Hilliard which deliberately abandon any attempt to depict a woman in her sixties. Known as "The Mask of Youth" portraits, these convey the legend of ageless beauty, with attention drawn from the face by the opulence of her clothes." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16578/queen-elizabeth-i-miniature-hilliard-nicholas/">[1]</a>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Nicholas_Hilliard" class="extiw" title="w:en:Nicholas Hilliard"><span title="British artist (1547-1619)">Nicholas Hilliard</span></a>
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Scanned from Michael Wood, <i>Shakespeare</i>, New York, Basic Books, 2003, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0465092640" title="Special:BookSources/0465092640">ISBN 0465092640</a>