About This Artwork
François Clouet, follower of
French, 1516/20–1572
Portrait of Elizabeth of Austria, Wife of King Charles IX of Franceafter 1571
Oil on panel
14 1/8 x 10 7/16 in. (35.8 x 26.5 cm)
Inscribed at upper edge: ELISABET. DAVSTRICHE. / DITE. DE. BOHEME. EPOV. / DV. ROY. CHARLES. IX.
Gift of Mrs. Lillian S. Timken, 1951.317
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, cat. 9.
Publication History
“The Century of Progress Exhibition of the Fine Arts,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 27 (1933), p. 60.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 80.
Susan Frances Jones in Martha Wolff et al., Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 2008), pp. 7-9, ill.
Ownership History
Mrs. William R. (Lillian S.) Timken, New York, by April 1933 [lent by her to Chicago 1933 ]; given to the Art Institute, 1951 [the painting remained in Mrs. Timken’s New York residence until her death in October 1959 and was then transferred to the Art Institute].