Description:
After Rodrigo de Villandrando (Spanish, 1580-1628)
Copy of the Standing Portrait of Isabel de Borbón
Inscribed "Villandrando" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 58 x 33 in. (147.3 x 84.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure.
N.B. The daughter of Henri IV of France and Marie de Médicis, Isabel de Borbón (1603-1644) was the first wife of Philip IV and the mother of Prince Baltasar Carlos and María Teresa of Austria. The original portrait by Villandrando, measuring approximately 79 x 45 inches and dated c. 1620, is in the collection of the Prado in Madrid, with the companion portrait of Prince Philip and the Dwarf, Miguel Soplillo. This copy appears to be 20th century.
Estimate $700-900
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Keywords
Baltasar Carlos, Henri IV, Philip IV, Isabel de Borb, Miguel Soplillo, Madrid, Austria, FranceStuart Slavid
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