Mariana of Austria

The widowed Queen Mariana of Austria wears a nun's habit, directed half left, almost facing front, a book held in her left hand and her right hand resting on the back of a chair on left; a draped blue and gold curtain in the background. The custom of adopting this type of dress was well established among the widows of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain . Mariana's husband, King Philip IV, had died in 1665. While the couple's son, the future Charles II, was very young, Mariana acted as Queen Governor of Spain . Size: 104.7 x 84.1 cm

Collection

Bowes Museum

Inventory Number

1576984

Title

Mariana of Austria

Object Type

Image

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