Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain

Details

Follower of François Clouet
Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain
oil on panel, transferred to another panel
23 ¾ x 18 in. (60.3 x 45.7 cm.)

Provenance

with Newhouse Galleries, New York, as François Clouet, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Exhibited

Grange Park, The Art Gallery of Toronto, Paintings of Women from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century, 14 October-14 November 1938, p. 5, no. 6, as François Clouet
San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, Vanity Fair, Summer, 1942, as François Clouet.

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Lot Essay

The eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth of Valois (1545-1568) was the third wife of Philip II of Spain. Working from a photographs, Max J. Friedländer suggested that the present work was an autograph painting of c. 1558 (written communication, 2 December 1936). Also based on a photograph, W.R. Valentiner agreed with Friedländer's opinion (written communication, 24 November 1947).

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