Triple Portrait of Henrietta Maria

The Triple Portrait of Henrietta Maria is a 1638 painting by Anthony van Dyck depicting Henrietta Maria of France, wife of Charles I of England. Charles I had previously commissioned van Dyck to produce a triple portrait of himself, which was sent to Italy so that Gian Lorenzo Bernini could create a sculpted bust.[1] Following reception of the completed bust, Henrietta Maria commissioned Bernini to produce a bust of herself and subsequently asked van Dyck to create a comparable triple portrait for use in the same process, which was ultimately never fulfilled.[2][3]

In the surviving version of the work, the left-facing profile and full-frontal view are held in the Royal Collection.[4][5] The right-facing profile is generally identified—albeit not definitively—as the portrait of Henrietta Maria now in the collection of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.[6]

See also

Bibliography

  1. ^ "Charles I (1600–1649) 1635 – before June 1636". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-69 - Royal Museums Greenwich". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  3. ^ Zigomalas, Alexandra (2020). "The Other Englishman: Bernini's Bust of Thomas Baker (1638)". Emory University. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) - Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669)".
  5. ^ "Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) - Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669)".
  6. ^ "Collection Highlights - Memphis, TN | Brooks Museum".
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  • Didier Bodart, Van Dyck, Prato, Giunti, 1997.
  • Justus Müller Hofstede, Van Dyck, Milano, Rizzoli/Skira, 2004.
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