This canvas is one of a group of portraits collected by María Luisa de Orleans (1662-1689), first wife of Carlos II of Spain, which would become part of the Royal Collection. Some of these paintings must have decorated the Queen´s Gallery in the Alcázar (Madrid), a representation space where the Queen launched a decorative and iconographic program of exaltation of her dynasty. Others
Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Baveria, Madame Palatine, second wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and and mother of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. This canvas is one of a group of portraits collected by María Luisa de Orleans (1662-1689), first wife of Carlos II of Spain, which would become part of the Royal Collection. Some of these paintings must have decorated the Queen´s
Phillip of France, I Duke of Orléan, was the second son of Louis XIII of France and the Spanish Infanta Ana of Austria; born on September 21, 1640; died June 9, 1701, in Saint-Cloud. He was the father of Ma Luisa de Orleans, queen of Spain when she married Carlos II. This canvas is one of a group of portraits collected by María Luisa de Orleans (1662-1689), first wife of Carlos II of
Anne Marie d´Orléans (1669 – 1728) was the first Queen consort of Sardinia by marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and younger sister of Queen Maria Luisa of Orleans. This canvas is one of a group of portraits collected by María Luisa de Orleans, first wife of Carlos II of Spain, which would become part of the Royal Collection. Some of these paintings must have decorated the
An image of Saint John the Baptist as a child. He wears an animal skin and sits on a boulder from which water flows. The background is landscape. A lamb is beside him. In his right hand he holds a staff with a banner reading “Ecce Agnus Dei” (“This is the Lamb of God”). Although Mignard is primarily known as a successful portraitist, he occasionally worked in other genres. This canvas, depicting t
El parecido del retratado con dos grabados que representan en una edad cercana a Jacobo Francisco Estuardo (1688-1766) parece confirmar que el modelo sea ese príncipe. Hijo del destronado Jacobo II de Inglaterra, recibió junto a su familia directa la protección de Luis XIV, siendo por él instalados en el palacio de Saint Germain-en-Laye. Hubo de llegar a la corte española como regalo de intención