Princess Henrietta Maria, Princess Palatine, Princess of Siebenbürgen, Transylvania (1626-1651)
Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1640 - 1651
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
743 x 599 mm (29 1/4 x 23 1/2 in)
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Ashdown House, Oxfordshire
NT 493062
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Princess Henrietta Maria, Princess Palatine, Princess of Siebenbürgen, Transylvania (1626-1651) by Gerrit van Honthorst (1590-1656). A half-length portrait to right, right hand held forward, wearing dark red headdress with veil falling behind, olive green bodice edged with crimson border and lace, and crimson sleeves. Inscribed on the reverse with name of sitter. She was the daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth of Bohemia, her paternal grandparents were Frederick IV and of Louise Juliana of Nassau and maternal grandparents were James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. She married, on 4 April 1651 in Sarospatak, Sigismund Rákóczi,(1622–1652), the son of Zsuzsanna Lorántffy and George I Rákóczi. She died on 18 September 1651 unexpectedly, her husband followed her to the grave a few months later, both were buried in St Michael's Church Gyulafehervar.
Provenance
Coombe Abbey, 1866, no. 187; Acquired at the auction of the Craven Collection at Sotheby's in 1968. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Ashdown House, 1968.
Credit line
Ashdown House, The Craven Collection (acquired by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1968)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on the reverse with name of sitter.
Makers and roles
Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656), artist