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Portrait of Christine of France, Dowager Duchess and Regent of Savoy

French (working in Savoy) (Artist)
1640s (Baroque)
oil on canvas
(Baroque Europe )

Christine Marie of France (1606-1663) was the daughter of Henry IV King of France and the sister of Louis XIII as well as Henrietta Maria, who became Queen of England. Christine married Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy in 1619 (died 1637). Savoy was then a separate country with its capital at Turin (Torino, now part of Italy).
Depicted in mourning attire, the widowed duchess wears the ropes of pearls along with a crucifix in diamonds or rock crystal with pearls that demonstrated the magnificence expected for formal portraits of royalty in the mid 1600s. After the death of her husband she was regent for first one son and then, after his death, the second until 1648, managing to keep the French as well as rivals within the family at bay.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 645; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
12/31/1951 Examination examined for condition; examined for survey
12/1/1956 Treatment coated; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced
4/15/2005 Treatment filled; inpainted; lined; varnish removed or reduced
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France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 26 3/4 x W: 21 5/8 in. (67.9 x 54.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

Location in Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector's Study

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

37.259

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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