Pinacoteca

Maria Isabella, Infanta of Spain

The portrait of Maria Isabella, Infanta of Spain, was created in 1826 by Pieter van Hanselaere, who also produced the portrait of Francis I of Bourbon, displayed in the same room. The artist is an extraordinary interpreter of the Flemish figurative tradition, recording every little detail of reality on the canvas. The Queen wears a silk dress in imperial style embellished with golden embroidery, satin slippers, a tiara of diamonds and oriental pearls and a headpiece of star-shaped diamonds.