Think you know the Queen? These 3 facts about her most famous portrait will make you think again:
Increasingly my work and direction have been informed directly out of meditation. Stillness is a portal to the divine, and by taking my subjects towards stillness, it allows for a more soulful connection with the subject, and that light radiates in the work,” he has said of the image.
Levine is known for photographs that explore the outer limits of light’s relationship to photography, including holograms, and the staging for this shot was particularly bright. “My Queen sittings took place not long after I first found meditation. I was very conscious of Her Majesty’s breathing and timed the 3D camera pass with her breathing cycle to infuse a sense of calm into the image.,” Levine told Artnet News.Ahead of the sitting, the royal staff called Levine to choose a few items for the queen to wear for the portrait.
the diadem boasts four bouquets of roses, thistles, and shamrocks—references to England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the queen’s dominion over those regions.One of three “Armada Portraits” of Queen Elizabeth I, painted after England’s maritime defeat of Spain . The present Queen Elizabeth is often depicted wearing pearls. In Levine’s portrait, her usual three strands are reduced to an elegant single strand. While a seemingly innocuous choice, the inclusion of pearls has deep symbolic import. English Queens have worn pearls since time immemorial. “Pearls are traditional for queens going back 1,000 years—there has never been a queen who didn’t wear pearls,” Leslie Field, author ofmagazine in an interview.
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