Fig 170 – Portrait Of The 1 Year Old ‘Infanta Ana Mauricia Of Austria’ Wearing Bodice And Waist Amulets, Gem-Set Rings And A Bracelet, And Holding A Coral Teething Stem. By Juan Pantoja De La Cruz, 1602
Fig 170 – 1602 Portrait of the ‘Infanta Ana Mauricia Of Austria’ – depicting the 1 year old daughter of King Philip III of Spain wearing amulets: a jewelled cross, a crystal memento box and a heart pendant adorn her bodice; an animal foot, a higa, a spherical pomander, a bell and a horn are hung from her waist; she holds a diamond-shaped teething stem set with a branch of coral. In addition, she wears three jewelled rings on each hand and a jewelled bracelet on her left wrist.
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish
Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, Madrid