Margaret Pfeifer, circa 1883, probably After Sir Anthony van Dyck
Margaret Pfeifer, circa 1883, probably After Sir Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), half-length, in a blue dress with gold angel-shaped clasps and a pearl necklace, with two roses in her hand

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Margaret Pfeifer, circa 1883, probably After Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), half-length, in a blue dress with gold angel-shaped clasps and a pearl necklace, with two roses in her hand
signed, inscribed and dated 'Margarete Pfeifer München, 1883.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32¾ x 29¾ in. (83 x 75.5 cm.)

Lot Essay

This picture is after a now presumably lost original as there are several known versions of this composition of which none can be attributed with conviction to Van Dyck himself. The present lot follows the copy in the Wallace Collection, London, most closely.

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