This more-than-half-length depiction presents the queen in a ceremonial gown of blue velvet with gold fleur-de-lis brooches, ermine garnishes and precious-stone appliqués over a blouse with an enormous espagnolette collar of starched Venetian lace and matching cuffs with the monarchs´ embroidered M and H (Marie and Henry). This is a replica of Pourbus´s full-length original at the Musée du Louvre.

This picture (and P2231, P2234, P2240, P2291, P2298, P2300) was sent in 1655 by Anne of Austria, the wife of Louis XIII, to her brother, King Philip IV of Spain, as a means of enhancing relations between the courts of the two countries.