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Margherita Gonzaga (1591–1632), Princess of Mantua
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Margherita Gonzaga (1591–1632), Princess of Mantua

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

36 1/2 × 27 1/4 in. (92.7 × 69.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Frans Pourbus the Younger

1569–1622Habsburg Netherlands

Painter, son of (2) Frans Pourbus (i). It is likely that he trained in his grandfather’s studio in Bruges. He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1591. Frans the younger followed the family tradition and executed portraits, portrait groups and, occasionally, religious subjects. Comment on works: Portraits; History