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In Van Dyck’s portrait, the pregnant queen of England cradles her arms over her abdomen while standing next to a crown that advertises her rank. Henrietta Maria commissioned this painting as a gift for Cardinal Francesco Barberini, who viewed the devout French-born queen as a critical collaborator in his dream of regaining England for the ...
The queen's love of entertainment is symbolized by the presence of 14-year-old Sir Jeffrey Hudson and Pug the monkey, both royal favorites. Hudson's services had been offered to the queen when he was a young boy. He possessed a ready wit and became one of the queen's trusted advisors, even joining her in exile in France in the early years of ...
Description. On 8 August 1632, Charles I authorized payment to Van Dyck for £20 for 'One of our royall Consort'. This was perhaps the first single portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria painted by Van Dyck after his arrival in London, and it provided a type from which many variations by the artist and his assistants followed.
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The portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, as St. Catherine of Alexandria was painted by van Dyck around 1639. She is depicted in a red dress, wearing a coronet and holding a wheel representing the wheel used to torture St Catherine of Alexandria . There are numerous copies of the portrait, one of which was sold at Bonhams for £9,000 in October 2004.
PAST EXHIBITION. Home › Exhibitions › Van Dyck. Queen Henrietta Maria with Jeffery Hudson. Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) Queen Henrietta Maria with Jeffery Hudson, 1633. Oil on canvas. 86 1/4 × 53 1/16 in. (219.1 × 134.8 cm) National Gallery of Art, Washington; Samuel H. Kress Collection.
Studio of Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) 1636? Oil on canvas | 210.1 x 133.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405663
Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649. She was mother of his sons Charles II and James II and VII.
