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ANTIQUE #SA1051978

17th Century Oil On Panel Portrait Of Maria Anna, Infanta Of Spain (1606-1646) - Circle Of Bartolomé González (1564-1627)

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A fine, rare and sensitively rendered 17th century oil on panel portrait of Maria Anna, Infanta of Spain by an artist in the circle of Bartolome Gonzales.
 
Maria Anna of Spain (1606 – 1646)
 
Infanta Maria Anna of Spain was born in the Palace of El Escorial, near Madrid, on 18 August 1606 as the fourth child and third (but second surviving) daughter of King Philip III of Spain and his wife, Margaret of Austria Archduchess of the Inner Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg.
 
Of her seven siblings, only four survived infancy: Anna (later wife of King Louis XIII of France), Philip IV of Spain, Charles  (who died young in 1632) and Ferdinand (later Cardinal-Infante and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands). Maria Anna''s parents had a close kinship; her father was her mother''s first cousin once removed, and they were related through multiple lines of descent. On her father''s side, she was the granddaughter of King Phillip II of Spain, and his fourth wife and niece, Archduchess Anna of Austria and on her mother''s side, she was the granddaughter of Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria and his wife and niece, Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria.
 
Infanta of Spain, daughter of King Phillip III. She was considered as a possible wife for Charles, Prince of Wales, (The future King Charles I) which became known as the ''Spanish Match''. In 1623 Charles accompanied by Buckingham, travelled to Madrid to negotiate the terms.
 
The arrangement however came to nought because of religious differences. She eventually married King Ferdinand of Hungary and Bohemia (1608-57), who in due course was elected King of the Romans, which made her Queen of Germany, Queen of Hungary and Holy Roman Empress.
 
Bartolomé González (1564 - 1627)
 
This Spanish painter was a pupil of Patricio Cajés in Valladolid, and of Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, whom he succeeded to...
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