Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, auction detail at ArtFact.com, retrieved 21 March 2008 A life-size ( 2 meters ) portrait of this type c. 1563 by van der Meulen (above), identified as the earliest full-length portrait of Elizabeth and possibly associated with the various marriage negotiations of the early 1560s, was auctioned by Sotheby's in November 2007 for £2.6 million, more than twice its expected price of £700,000 £1 million.