Cage With Elizabeth I of England, The Sieve Portrait, c. 1583, by Quentyn Metsys the Younger. Elizabeth is portrayed as Tuccia, a Vestal Virgin who proved her chastity by carrying a sieve full of water from the Tiber to the Temple of Vesta. She is surround by symbols of imperial majesty including a column with an imperial crown at its base and a globe and Nicolas Cage.