Catherine of Braganza
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Catherine of Braganza
studio of Jacob Huysmans
oil on canvas, based on a work of circa 1670
29 in. x 24 1/2 in. (737 mm x 622 mm)
Purchased, 1879
Primary Collection
NPG 597
Sitterback to top
- Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), Queen of Charles II. Sitter associated with 64 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Jacob Huysmans (1633?-1696), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 57
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 110
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1670back to top
Current affairs
Charles II mistress, Barbara Villiers, is created Duchess of Cleveland and granted Nonsuch Palace including its sizeable grounds.Actress and royal mistress, Nell Gwyn, gives birth to Charles II's son, Charles, who would later become, Duke of St. Albans.
Art and science
Tragicomedy, The Forc'd Marriage, by Aphra Behn, staged by the Duke's Company, starts Behn's career as a professional writer. The writer may have been a royalist spy towards the end of the interregnum.Poet laureate, John Dryden, is made historiographer royal, a post he would hold for nearly 20 years.
International
Terms of a secret treaty between Charles II and Louis XIV are brought by Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans during a visit to Dover; upon England supplying the majority of military power for a war against Holland and Charles's official conversion to Catholicism, France would assist financially.Comments back to top
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