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a painting of a woman in an elegant dress

Wissing was a Dutch artist who came to London in 1676, studied with Sir Peter Lely and effectively took over the business for the seven years between Lely’s death in 1680 and his own in 1687 (aged only thirty one). All the works by Wissing in the Royal Collection date from this period. This is one of a pair of portraits (OM 321 and 323, 405644 and 404449) of the Prince and Princess of Orange commissioned by her father, James II, who sent Wissing to Holland in 1685 to execute them. Constantyn…

an old painting of a woman wearing a black dress and red headdress, in a circle

With accompanying notes from varying sources including <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.wikipedia.org</a>. I do not own the copyright on any of these images. Some are public domain, others are in various museums around the world. If you claim to own the copyright on any of these, all you need to do is ask me to take it down and I will be glad to do so. No profit is being made for these images in any way. I have collected them and placed them here only as a…

an old portrait of a woman wearing a white hat and gold dress, in a wooden frame

Forty-eight portraits exist of Mary Stuart, who was born at Linlithgow Palace, Scotland on 8th February 1542. Following the death of her father James V a week later, Mary became Queen of Scotland. Mary spent most of her childhood in France, betrothed to the Dauphin Francis. A year after marriage in 1558, and upon the death of her father-in-law, the couple inherited the throne of France. Within two years, Mary was widowed, and sensing the hostility of the new regime in France, returned to her…

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