Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia (1596 - 1662)

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Gerard Honthorst (1590 - 1656), signed and dated 1634

oil on panel

69.9 x 55.9cm

Frederick V of Bohemia died in 1632, and this portrait, painted two years later, commemorates the Queen's widowhood. A version of Honthorst's portrait of the King is also in the collection.

PROVENANCE Dukes of Buccleuch by 1887