Queen Isabel, Standing
1631 · Private collection
portraitVelázquez painted the queen between 1631 and 1632. She was the daughter of King Henry IV of France and Marie de Medici, and had married Philip IV in 1615, before he came to the throne. The artist devoted the utmost ingenuity to painting the queen's robes.

About the Artist
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez
1599 – 1660
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