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Oil portrait of a young woman in a black gown, white lace ruff, pearl necklaces and jeweled headdress, against a dark background with painted inscriptions.

Portrait of Elizabeth of Austria, Wife of King Charles IX of France

A half-length portrait of a young woman in a black velvet gown with a white lace ruff, wearing multiple strands of pearls and gold-and-pearl ornaments, her hair dressed under a jeweled headdress against a dark ground with painted inscriptions above. Oil on panel, the sixteenth-century court style shows in the stiff lace ruff and precise rendering of the jewels.

Artist
Follower of François Clouet
Date
after 1571
Medium
Oil on panel
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2256 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1572).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Lillian S. Timken

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