
Anne of Austria, Queen of France, by Pieter Paul Rubens, c.1621-1625
Anne of Austria, the consort of King Louis XIII of France, was a sister of Philip IV of Spain and in her early twenties when Rubens made this portrait of her. She is sitting on a costly armchair, an accessory rarely missing from rulers’ portraits. Anne was famous for her jewels, which according to Alexandre Dumas got her entangled in a slightly scandalous affair with the powerful English courtier-statesman, the Duke of Buckingham. Rubens portrayed both Anne and her mother-in-law, Marie de Medicis, many times.
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