Henrietta Maria
Britishnoun
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He added that the bequest includes 22 European paintings “of the absolute finest quality, namely Van Dyck’s portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria and Delacroix’s ‘Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe.’”
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2019
Among the findings is a well-preserved gown that is believed to have belonged to a member of the English royal court of Queen Henrietta Maria.
From National Geographic ● May 5, 2016
Queen Henrietta Maria was allegedly travelling to Holland to hand over her 11-year-old daughter to William II, Prince of Orange, who had married the princess a year earlier.
From National Geographic ● May 5, 2016
A splendid full-length portrait shows Henrietta Maria in a lustrous blue riding habit, with her dwarf, Jeffrey Hudson, in red, next to an enormous swag of yellow-gold brocade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2016
On his return to England after his enlargement, he made rapid progress in the favour of Henrietta Maria in spite of the connection with Buckingham, which can hardly have been a recommendation to her.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
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