Circular Snake picture mysteriously appears in the 16th-century paintings depicting Queen Elizabeth I, thus submitted the National Portrait Gallery in London. According to the researchers, the snake was originally depicted in the queen finger circling. But the snake images seem to be less suited to the artist, and in the last minute replaced by painting a bunch of roses.
Now, after many years later, the snake appeared again because of painting age and roses drawing fade. The painting was created by an unknown artist in 1580's or early 1590s. This painting has been on display at the gallery in London since 1921 but will be part of an exhibition titled The Changing Faces of Elizabeth I, from 13 March - 26 September.
According to the curator of the gallery, a snake is sometimes used to symbolize wisdom and power of judgments, but the scaly creatures are also associated with a symbol of evil and original sin. Well, the painter may remove the symbol of the snake because the reason that two different terms. Snake is in the grip of the black queen but has a greenish-blue scales and almost certainly painted by the imagination because it is more like a dragon than a snake actually.
X-rays examination found also face of another woman whose identity is unknown. Unidentified woman's face was facing the opposite direction and in a higher position than the queen's face. The eyes and nose on his face obscured by Queen Elizabeth's forehead.
Photo galleries believes that the woman's face is a painting of the early works of different painters who closed with a painting of the Queen's face. It shows how 16th-century paintings are sometimes recycled by the artist. The unknown woman appeared wearing a French hood, with the clothing style in 1570-1580's. This means that an interval of several years before the painting is recycled back to paint a portrait of Elizabeth.
Something hide or lie sooner or later must be opened also, time will answer all the things that sometimes we do not understand
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