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The image shows an engraving of a woman with a bust portrait. She is facing slightly to her left, looking directly at the viewer. The woman has a softly rounded face, a straight and narrow nose, and full lips. Her dark, wavy hair is styled with curls framing her face, and she wears a crown or decorative headpiece. She is dressed in a luxurious gown with an embellished bodice, likely featuring a fleur-de-lis pattern. The gown has ruffles, bows, and elaborate jewelry details. She also wears a pearl necklace. The background has a textured pattern, and a large oval frame surrounds the portrait, with text and a crown and shield emblem at the bottom, indicating her royal status.
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The image shows an engraving of a woman with a bust portrait. She is facing slightly to her left, looking directly at the viewer. The woman has a softly rounded face, a straight and narrow nose, and full lips. Her dark, wavy hair is styled with curls framing her face, and she wears a crown or decorative headpiece. She is dressed in a luxurious gown with an embellished bodice, likely featuring a fleur-de-lis pattern. The gown has ruffles, bows, and elaborate jewelry details. She also wears a pearl necklace. The background has a textured pattern, and a large oval frame surrounds the portrait, with text and a crown and shield emblem at the bottom, indicating her royal status.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Anne of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre

Robert Nanteuil after Pierre Mignard I

Date
1660
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within platemark): 32.3 × 24.8 cm (12 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.6660
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Woman
  • Portrait
  • Writing
  • Frame
Provenance

Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn [1783-1861], The Hague and Brussels (Lugt 514); Ambroise Firmin-Didot [1790-1876], Paris (Lugt 119); Alfred Hubert [1831-c.1908], Paris (Lugt 130); Charles M. Petitjean [died c.1925], Versailles and Lausanne (Lugt 608)

Inscription

recto: in plate, in oval around portrait: REINE DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE [star] ANNE DAVSTRICHE P. L. G. DE DIEV; in plate, at lower left: Mignard Pinxit. Nanteüil sculpebat. 1660.; verso: at top center, in graphite, in later hand: 4 II; at lower center, in graphite, in later hand: Premier état vrai / Avant le trait échoppe / au sommet de l'étoile / Très rare; at bottom right, in later hand: 22 [black ink] / 400 [brown ink]

Marks

recto: none; verso: Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn (Lugt 514); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119); Alfred Hubert (Lugt 130); Charles M. Petitjean (Lugt 608)

Watermarks

present - to be identified

NGA object ID 9454. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.