Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain
c. 1610
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
210.6 × 109.3 cm (82 7/8 × 43 in.); Framed: 230.5 × 139.1 cm (90 3/4 × 54 3/4 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111637
Art Historical Context
**Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain** (c. 1610) is a striking oil-on-canvas portrait by Spanish artist Andrés López Polanco, now housed in the Art Institute Chicago's Department of Painting and Sculpture of. Measuring an impressive 210.6 × 109.3 cm, this large-scale work captures the regal poise of Margaret of Austria (1584–1611), who became Queen of Spain through her 1599 marriage to Philip III. Painted during the height of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, it reflects the era's emphasis on royal portraiture as a tool for projecting power and lineage. López Polanco, a court painter active in e...