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Mariana or Maria Anna of Austria, [a] (24 December 1634 – 16 May 1696), was Queen of Spain from 1649 until the death of her husband Philip IV of Spain in 1665. Appointed regent for their infant son Charles II, she remained an influential figure until her death in 1696.
Portrait of Mariana of Austria is a 1652–1653 oil-on-canvas painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, existing in a number of versions. Its subject, Doña Mariana (known as Maria Anna), was the daughter of Emperor Ferdinand III and Maria Anna of Spain .
Queen Mariana of Austria. 1652 - 1653. Oil on canvas. Mariana of Austria (1634-1696) was the daughter of the Emperor Ferdinand III and María of Austria, Queen of Hungary. It was intended that she marry her cousin, Prince Baltasar Carlos, but following his death she married Philip IV in 1649.
Among the portraits of Mariana of Austria by Velázquez to have survived is the full-length one in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, of which there is a version in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Among the finest bust-length images are the one in the Meadows Collection, Dallas, and the canvas in the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid.
Marianne of Austria (1634–1696) was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III of Austria and his wife Maria. In 1649, at 15 years old, she was betrothed to her uncle Philip IV, the Great, who was 44 years old at the time.
After the death of Philip IV in 1665, his widow Mariana (1634-1696) became regent. She is depicted here as both widow and regent in the Hall of Mirrors in the Alcázar in Madrid. The writing implements on the desk allude to her responsibilities as ruler.
One of Velázquez’s most accomplished and imposing portraits, Queen Mariana of Austria depicts the 18-year-old monarch in full, magnificent splendor.
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