Studio of Francisco de Zurbarán - Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, 1630 - 1650

Oil painting on canvas, Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336), studio of Francisco de Zurbaran (Fuente de Cantos 1598 - Madrid 1664), 1630-50. A full-length, walking to the right her head turned three-quarters to spectator her eyes looking directing at spectator, dressed in sumptuous clothes, composed of a brown dress, heavily trimmed with pearls and embroidery at the sleeves and hem and a yellow cloak thrown back from her shoulder; she also wears a jewelled circlet her head and forehead. She is holding flowers in the ample folds of her dress which she holds up in front of her. Bought to replace the Velazquez portrait of Philip IV, sold to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1896.