![Mary Shelton, later Lady Heveningham (RCIN 912227) Mary Shelton, later Lady Heveningham](https://cmsadmin.rct.uk/sites/default/files/lead_image_half_height/RS658679_912227%20half%20height.jpg)
PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FLEMISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Elizabeth I when a Princess
RCIN 404444
This painting is the finest and most compelling portrait of Elizabeth I before she became queen. It has been suggested that the painter of this work was William Scrots, an artist from the Netherlands who was employed by Henry VIII from 1545.