Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Alonso Sanchez Coello, and others
Infanta Ana Mauricia
1606
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- Artist: Juan Pantoja de la Cruz
- Artist: Alonso Sanchez Coello
- Artist: Bartolome Gonzalez Y Serrano
Infanta Ana Mauricia
1606
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 26 x 21 in. (66 x 53.3 cm.)
Credit Line
The Mary Frick Jacobs Collection
Object Number
1938.203
In this formal court portrait, the young Infanta Ana Mauricia (1601–1666)—daughter of Philip III of Spain—stoically meets the gaze of the viewer. Grasping a jeweled crucifix that she wears among strands of pearls beneath an elaborate lace ruff, she represents the
sober character of the Habsburg Catholic dynasty to which she belonged. Juan Pantoja de la Cruz was active at the court of Philip III in Madrid around the turn of the 17th century. The artist created an image of unwavering authority for the Habsburg crown at a moment
when it faced religious and political conflict within its European territories and Spanish colonies in the Americas.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1938; from Mary Frick Jacobs; purchased from Christie's, July 1893; formerly collection of The Earl of Dudley
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Behold the Child, 11/7-12/2/1950, p. 5, ill. p. 7. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, England's World of 1607, 1957.
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, Sixteenth Century Paintings from American Collection, 10/16-11/15/1964, cat. no. 6.
Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL, Spanish Art, 10/16-11/30/1965.
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, Sixteenth Century Paintings from American Collection, 10/16-11/15/1964, cat. no. 6.
Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL, Spanish Art, 10/16-11/30/1965.
Baltimore Museum of Art. Behold the Child. [Baltimore, MD]: [Baltimore Museum of Art], [1950], page 7 (published as by Alonzo Sanchez Coelle).
'A Picture Book,' Baltimore: BMA, 1955, ill. p. 22. 'Object of the Week,' The Sun, Baltimore, Feb. 5, 1956, ill. in rotogravure section.
Maria Kusche, "Juan Pantoja De La Cruz: Y Sus Seguidores: B. Gonzalez, R. De Villandrando, Y A. Lopez Polanco" pp. 146-148, ill. 147.
Inscribed: Verso: "Juan Pantoja de la Cruz" (partly painted out)
On View at the BMA
