Triple Portrait of Henrietta Maria [SEP] inception
Triple Portrait of Henrietta Maria
The Triple Portrait of Henrietta Maria is a 1638 painting by Antony van Dyck showing Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I of England. Charles had previously commissioned van Dyck to produce a triple portrait of himself to send to Italy so that Bernini could produce a bust of him. When the bust arrived, the queen ordered a bust of herself by Bernini and commissioned van Dyck to produce a similar triple portrait. The left-facing profile and full-on view are in the Royal Collection, whilst
Dyck – some dates approximate
- "Equestrian Portrait of Charles I"
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- "Triple Portrait of Henrietta Maria"
Births.
- January 8 - Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (died 1665)
- May 12 - Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra, Spanish painter (died 1688)
- June 6 (bapt.) - Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, Dutch artist (died 1698)
- July 10 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (died 1685)
- August