Circle of Jean Nocret

Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria (1638 - 1683), Queen Consort of France

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May 26, 02:26 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Property of a Gentleman

Circle of Jean Nocret

Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria (1638 - 1683), Queen Consort of France

oil on panel, in a painted oval

panel: 11¾ by 9⅛ in.; 29.8 by 23.2 cm.

framed: 16½ by 13½ in.; 41.9 by 34.3 cm.

Maria Theresa was by birth both Infanta of Spain and Portugal and Archduchess of Austria, and became Queen of France and Navarre upon her 1660 marriage to Louis XIV. The fashionable hairstyle in the present portrait appears in the many portraits of Maria Theresa made by Jean Nocret, Charles Beaubrun, and French artists in their circles.