Juan Pantoja de la Cruz
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain

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Artist Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (Spanish, c. 1553–1608)Spanish, c. 1553–1608

CultureSpanish

Titles

Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain

Date1605

PlaceSpain

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas or panel: 80 1/8 × 40 1/8 in. (203.5 × 101.9 cm)
Frame: 90 × 50 1/8 in. (228.6 × 127.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection

Object number61.66

Current Location

Rienzi

Gallery

On view

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCommissioned by Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584 - 1611) in 1605; possibly given to Don Antonio de Toledo, Count of Alba, along with portrait of King Philip III, after November 25, 1604 ; Collection of John Stuart, 6th Earl of Darnley (d. 1896), Cobham Hall, by 1854 until 1896; by descent to Edward Henry Stuart, 7th Earl of Darnley (d. 1900), 1896-1900; by descent to Ivo Francis Walter, 8th Earl of Darnley (d. 1927), 1900-1925; [Christie's, London, sale on May 1, 1925, lot # 14]; [Colnaghi, London, 1925]; [M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1925]; Otto Kahn, New York, 1925-1949; [Duveen Brothers, London, 1949]; acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1949 (K1662), on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1953-1961; donated to the MFAH 1961.

Exhibition History"A Gift to America: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection," North Carolina Museum of Art, February 5–April 24, 1994; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 17–August 7, 1994; Seattle Art Museum, September 8–November 27, 1994; and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, December 17, 1994–March 4, 1995.

"El Alma de España," The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 24–July 31, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in the lower left cormer "es/Jv Pantoja de la/Facieba[t] Vallesolito [Valladolid]/.16[04]"

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