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A portrait of Margaret of Austria for Mechelen
16/8/24 - Acquisition - Mechelen, Museum Hof van Busleyden - First repudiated, then twice widowed, Margaret of Austria was shuffled from court to court, promised successively to the thrones of France and Spain, before marrying the Duke of Savoy. However, she was not content to be a bargaining chip for the Habsburg family; on the contrary, she established herself as a woman of power in the early 16th century.
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- 1. Workshop of Bernard van Orley ( c. 1488-1541)
Portrait of Margaret of Austria
Oil on panel - 24.5 x 18.3 cm
Mechelen, Museum Hof van Busleyden
Photo: Sotheby’s - See the image in its page
The Hof van Busleyden museum, which tells the story of the city of Mechelen, had no portrait of the Duchess of Savoy, who administered the Netherlands from this city and…
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