This picture (P2231, P2233, P2234, P2240, P2291, P2291, P2298) 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 b [+]
The daughter of Gaston de France and granddaughter of Henry IV of France, she was born at the Louvre on May 29, 1627. First called Mademoiselle d´Orléans, she was later known as the Grande Made [+]
Philippe de Champaigne is the principal French portraitist of the seventeenth century. This picture (and P2231, P2233, P2234, P2300, P2240, P2291, P2298) was sent in 1655 by Anne of Austria, the wife [+]
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 [+]
Anne of Austria, infanta of Spain and Portugal, was the daughter of Philip III and Margaret of Austria. Born in Valladolid on September 22, 1601, she married Louis XIII of France on November 25, 1615. [+]
This picture (and P2231, P2233, P2234, P2240, P2291, 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 betw [+]