Maria Anna of Hapsburg, Infanta of Spain, later Queen of Hungary and Empress (1606–1646)
after Spanish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1623 - 1629
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2108 x 1486 mm (83 x 58 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129880
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Maria Anna of Hapsburg, Infanta of Spain, later Queen of Hungary and Empress (1606–1646), after Spanish School, possibly George Cottington (Somerset fl. c. 1620 - after 1646), circa 1623-1629. A full-length portrait, standing, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, her left hand resting on a balustrade, a fan held in her right; she wears a black dress enriched with gold, high ruff and tall jewelled headdress (crown?); a brooch with the Host (with a cross in it) in a chalice adored by two deacon-angels (the jewel of some conventual Order?); drapes drawn back on the left, revealing a formal garden and distant horizon with cloudy sky on the right.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
after Spanish School, publisher possibly George Cottington (fl. c.1620 - after 1646), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Antonis Mor (Utrecht 1519 – Antwerp 1575), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Frans Pourbus the elder (Bruges 1545 – Antwerp 1581), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Flemish School, publisher previously catalogued as follower of Diego Velázquez (Seville 1599 - Madrid 1660), publisher
References
Town 2014 Edward Town, ‘A Biographical Dictionary of London Painters, 1547-1625’, The Walpole Society, vol. LXXVI (76), 2014, p. 58-60 Samson 2006, Alexander Samson (ed.) The Spanish Match Prince Charles's Journey to Madrid, Ashgate 2006, p. 123 - 137, p. 119, fig. 20 Britland 2006 Karen Britland, Drama at the Courts of Queen Henrietta Maria, 2006