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Melancholic, Painted Scheme, Bolsover Castle Melancholic, Painted Scheme, Bolsover Castle
English Heritage
United Kingdom
This portrait, like the other in this room, is adapted from the Maerten de Vos series of the temperaments. In this portrait William and Elizabeth are thought to be depicted. Hidden within the portrait are clues to their lives.
In this close up the globe has been altered to depict fishes.
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- Title: Melancholic, Painted Scheme, Bolsover Castle Melancholic, Painted Scheme, Bolsover Castle
- Date Created: c.1620
- Location: Bolsover Castle
- Type: Painting
- Original Source: BOLSOVER CASTLE
- Rights: English Heritage
- Photographer: Kevin Moran
- Commisioned by: William Cavendish
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