Portrait of Anne of Austria (1601-1666), Queen of France

workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1628

School of Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Portrait of Anne of Austria, c. 1622. Every detail of this portrait of Anne of Austria radiates power and importance. The woman is wearing a richly decorated gown embroidered in gold. She is laden with jewels and is seated in front of a red drapery, with a Corinthian column in the background. Anne (1601 - 1666) was the daughter of the Spanish king Philip III. At the age of 14 she married the son of the French king. Their son, who was born in 1638, became the 'Sun King', Louis XIV. The Rubens atelier did several different versions of this portrait. Bequest of A. van der Hoop, 1854. On loan from the city of Amsterdam, 1885.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-296
  • Dimensionssupport: height 104.8 cm x width 73.7 cm, outer size: depth 13 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of Anne of Austria (1601-1666), Queen of France

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-296

  • Description

    Portret van Anna van Oostenrijk (1601-1666), de echtgenote van Lodewijk XIII, koning van Frankrijk. Kniestuk, zittend op een stoel, in een jurk versierd met juwelen, een bosje bloemen in de rechterhand.

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

  • Dating

    c. 1628

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 104.8 cm x width 73.7 cm
    • outer size: depth 13 cm (support incl. frame)

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Acquisition and rights

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    On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)

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  • Provenance

    …; collection Jacob Hoofman (1739-99), Haarlem; his daughter Maria Hoofman (1776-1845), Haarlem;{R. van Eynden and A. van der Willigen, _Geschiedenis de vaderlandsche schilderkunst, sedert de helft der XVIII eeuw_, 4 vols., Haarlem 1816-40 (1842), III, pp. 423-24, 482.} from whom or whose estate purchased by dealer Christianus Johannes Nieuwenhuys (1799-1883), London; from whom, fl. 12,000, to Willem II, King of the Netherlands, 30 January 1846;{E. Hinterding and F. Horsch, ‘“A Small but Choice Collection”: The Art Gallery of King William II of the Netherlands (1792-1849)’, _Simiolus_ 19 (1989), pp. 5-122, esp. p. 78, under no. 68, as a portrait of Marie de Médicis.} his sale, The Hague (J. de Vries et al.), 12 August 1850, no. 68 (‘H. 100. L. 72 cm. Bois. Portrait de Marie de Médicis. Une large fraise autour du cou, à la mode de cette époque; dans la main droite une bouquet de fléurs, la main gauche reposant sur le genou.’), bought in at fl. 3,960;{Copy RKD.} his sale The Hague (J. de Vries et al.), 9 September 1851, no. 47, fl. 3,000, to the dealer Johannes Albertus Brondgeest for Adriaen van der Hoop (1778-1854);{Van der Hoop _Lijst_, p. 44, no. 251; ‘Door denzelfden [J.A. Brondgeest] gekocht in de Veiling van het restant van de Galerij van wijlen Z.M. koning Willem II, een portret van Maria de Medicis, door P.P. Rubbens, zijnde afkomstig van de Verzameling Schilderijen van wijlen Juffr.w Hoofdman te Haarlem, wier erfgenamen hetzelve met eenige andere […] gekocht à 3000: - 7½ % opdd ˶ 225 -1 4% Courte ˶ 120:-/ Onkosten voor 1 kist ˶ 8: - ˶…3,353//Dit fraaije Schilderij was zeer vuil en verwaarloosd; is thans schoon gemaakt door den Heer Hopman’.} by whom bequeathed to the City of Amsterdam with 223 other paintings, 1854;{Van der Hoop _Taxatie_ 1854, p. 1, no. 251: ‘P.P. Rubbens. Portret van Maria de Medicis, fl. 1000’.} on loan to the museum from the City of Amsterdam, 30 June 1885; on loan to the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 2004-11{Provenance also reconstructed in A. Pollmer-Schmidt, ‘Catalogus van de schilderijen in de verzameling van Adriaan van der Hoop’, in E. Bergvelt et al. (eds.), _De Hollandse meesters van een Amsterdamse bankier. De verzameling van Adriaan van der Hoop (1778-1854)_, exh. cat. Amsterdam (Amsterdams Historisch Museum/Rijksmuseum) 2004-05, pp. 135-195, esp. p. 171, no. 149.}


Documentation

  • E. Hinterding en F. Horsch, '"A small but choice collection" : The art gallery of King Willem II of the Netherlands (1792-1849), Simiolus 19 (1989), nr. 68.


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