Lot Essay
Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I of Britain, was born in the Louvre, Paris and was the youngest child of Henri IV of France. Her mother was Marie de' Medici.
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English School, 17th Century
Henrietta Maria (1609-69), facing right in off the shoulder dress with black bow at corsage, wearing a pearl necklace and pearls in her dark curled hair; and two gentlemen
oil, two on copper, rectangular and oval wood frames
ovals, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) to 3.7/8 in. (98 mm.) high; a nobleman, wearing a decoration suspended from a red ribbon; and a lady, in profile to left, wearing a white turban (Continental School, 18th Century)
oil on copper, brass frames
ovals, 21.16 in. (52 mm.) high; and a noblelady, in scarlet dress adorned with jewels, lace at collar and cuffs, wearing a tiara with red and blue plumes in her powdered hair, holding a closed fan in her hands (Continental School, 17th Century)
oil on copper, gilt wood frame
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high (6)
Henrietta Maria (1609-69), facing right in off the shoulder dress with black bow at corsage, wearing a pearl necklace and pearls in her dark curled hair; and two gentlemen
oil, two on copper, rectangular and oval wood frames
ovals, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) to 3.7/8 in. (98 mm.) high; a nobleman, wearing a decoration suspended from a red ribbon; and a lady, in profile to left, wearing a white turban (Continental School, 18th Century)
oil on copper, brass frames
ovals, 21.16 in. (52 mm.) high; and a noblelady, in scarlet dress adorned with jewels, lace at collar and cuffs, wearing a tiara with red and blue plumes in her powdered hair, holding a closed fan in her hands (Continental School, 17th Century)
oil on copper, gilt wood frame
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high (6)