On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01689
- Author
- Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish)
- Title
- Ana de Austria, wife of Louis XIII
- Chronology
- Ca. 1622
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 129 cm x 106 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
Felipe III's daughter, Ana de
Austria, married young Louis XIII
in 1615. She is depicted wearing
black, French-style clothing,
seated under a green canopy that is
embroidered with fleurs de lis from
the Bourbon family coat of arms.
The portrait is set in the Hall of
Caryatids of the Louvre Royal
Palace, seat of the government.
Thus, this is an official portrait
and an example of Rubens' capacity
for such rhetorical
portraiture.
This work is paired with the
portrait of the model's
mother-in-law, Marie de Medici
(P1685), but lacks the latter's
psychological depth. Rubens painted
it while he was in Paris to
decorate the Luxemburg Palace. It
belonged to the artist until his
death and was acquired by Felipe IV
shortly thereafter.
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