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Elizabeth of Valois

Artist François Clouet French, 1516-1572

Dateabout 1559

DimensionsH: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)

MediumOil on wood panel

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1929.140

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 16

Collections

Paintings

Published References"A Francois Clouet Acquired," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, no. 55, Dec. 1929, unpaginated, repr. on cover.

Art News, XXVIII, November 1929, p. 7, repr. p. 3.

Art Digest, IV, December 15, 1929, p. 19, repr.

Parnassus, II, January 1930, p. 31, repr.

Beaux-Arts, VIII, January 1930, p. 7, repr.

Museion, Paris, IV, 1930, 34a, repr.

Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, LVII, February 1930, p. 94, repr.

American Magazine of Art, XXI, February 1930, p. 107, repr.

Konody and Lathom, An Introduction to French Painting, London, 1932, p. 46, repr. (as Margaret of Valois).

Fine Arts, XVIII, January 1932, p. 23, repr.

Borenius, T., Pantheon, IX, March 1932, p. 88, repr.

Beaux-Arts, X, August 1932, p. 76, repr.

Babelon, J., Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1932, p. 25, repr.

Chamot, M., "Primitives at the French Exhibition," Apollo, XV, February 1932, p. 65, repr. p. 60.

L'Amour de l'Art, XVIII, May 1937, p. 9, repr.

Cent Trente Chefs-d'Oeuvre de l'Art Francais du Moyen Age au XXe Siecle, Paris, 1937, pl. 35.

Godwin, Blake-More, Catalogue of European Paintings, Toledo, 1939, pp. 158-160, repr.

Réau, L., French Painting in the XIVth, XVth and XVIth Centuries, Paris, 1939, p. 35, repr. p. 95.

Shoolman, Regina, and Charles E. Slakin, The Enjoyment of Art in America, Philadelphia, 1942, p. 534, repr. pl. 473.

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Seligman, Germain, Oh! Fickle Taste, or Objectivity in Art, Cambridge, Bond Wheelwright, 1952, pl. 54.

Wittmann, Otto, "L'art français au Musée de Toledo," Connaissance, no. 125, July 1962, appendix, p. 45, iii, repr. p. 44.

Wittmann, Otto, "L'art français au Musée de Toledo - Extrait de 'Connaissance des Arts,' luglio 1962," in Emporium, vol. CXXXVI, n. 185, November 1962, p. 240.

Grosser, Maurice, Critic's Eye, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1962, p. 169.

Bruner, Louise, "The Toledo Museum of Art," American Artist, vol. 30, no. 4, April 1966, repr. p. 35.

A Guide to the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1966, repr.

"Painting in Northern Europe 1450-1550," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 13, no. 2, Summer 1970, p. 45, repr.

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "Europen Jeweled Arts," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 13, no. 3, Autumn 1970, p. 53, repr.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, pp. 38-39, pl. 178.

Cologne, Lempertz-Auktion, Alte Kunst, Katalog 55, Nov. 24-27, 1976, no. 422.

Risatti, Howard, "A French Court Portrait," Bulletin, Krannert Art Museum, vol. 2, no. 1, 1976, p. 19, repr. fig. 13.

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Silver, Larry, "Early Northern European Paintings," Bulletin, Saint Louis Art Museum, vol. XVI, no. 3, Summer 1982, p. 43, repr. fig. 20, p. 47.

Jollet, Etienne, Jean & François Clouet, Paris, 1997, p. 252.

Exhibition HistoryBurlington House, London, England. 1931.

London, Royal Academy, Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of French Art, 1200-1900, 1932, no. 50, pl. 22.

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, French Painting, 1936, no. 9, repr.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1936, no. 187, repr. pl. XLVIII.

Paris, Louvre, Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Art Francais, 1937, no. 38, Album pl. 16.

Art Gallery of Toronto, European and American Painting, 1940, (in aid of Canadian Red Cross) no. 8, repr. p. 6.

New York, Wildenstein & Company, Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, 1951.

Toledo Museum of Art, Paris: City of Art, November 6, 2009 - March 14, 2010. (UT student exhibition)

Label TextPainted around the time of her marriage to King Philip II of Spain, this portrait of Elizabeth of Valois, daughter of King Henri II of France, captures not only her noble bearing and splendid costume, but also a hint of a lively personality. Fourteen at the time of her wedding, Elizabeth (1545–1568) was the third wife of 33-year-old Philip (ruled 1556–1598). Their marriage in 1559 was part of peace negotiations ending 60 years of war between France and Spain. François Clouet was court painter to a succession of French kings, including Francis I (ruled 1515–1547) and Elizabeth’s father Henri II (ruled 1547–1559). His portraits combine intense observation of detail—such as the elaborate silver-and-pearl-embroidered costume with its fashionable slashed sleeves, lace ruff collar, and pearl headdress—with a formal elegance.