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Henrietta Maria and Minerva
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Henrietta Maria and Minerva

Wenceslaus Hollar · 1639 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Portrait of Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I of England, seated on a throne under a canopy. Before her stands Minerva with shield and spear. In the lower margin four lines of verse in two columns, in French. The print is part of a book about the reception of the French queen-mother Maria de' Medici in England.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHenrietta Maria en Minerva. 1639. Wenceslaus Hollar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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