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Louise Hollandine (Princess Palatine) was the 6th (or 7th) child and 2nd daughter of Frederick Elector Palatine and his wife Princess Elizabeth Stuart, eldest daughter of King James VI and I of England and sister of King Charles I. Louise was born in The Hague, shortly after her parents' arrival in the Netherlands following Frederick's defeat in Bohemia in 1620. She was christened Louise after her paternal grandfather and Hollandine as a tribute to the States of Holland, her godfathers, and the country of her birth. She studied primarily in Leiden at the 'Prinsenhof', and began drawing lessons at age six. Louise was taught in the Calvinist tradition according to the Heidelberg Catechism and studied with Gerard van Honthorst. Louise is said to have had a love-affair with James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (originally Earl of Montrose), a Scottish Cavalier soldier and poet. Montrose, a revered national hero, won many outstanding military victories until ultimately being hanged, drawn and quartered in 1650. In December 1657, to the dismay of her Protestant family and with the assistance of her aunt (by marriage) Henrietta Maria of France, Louise left her home in disguise and became a Catholic nun which created lifelong animosity with her family. With the support of French King Louis XIV, she became Abbess of Maubuisson in August 1664 although her mother Elizabeth Stuart attempted to have Louise arrested and returned. Louise lived at the Cistercian Maubuisson Abbey until her death at the age of 84. This elegant portrait dates from around 1650. According to the catalogue for the "Winter Queen" exhibition of 1963, it appears to have been reduced in size from an original three-quarter length composition. She portrays herself as a fair-skinned beauty with dark, curly hair, wearing an exotic broad-brimmed, disc-shaped hat, woven in a radial pattern with yellow and orange strips of fabric and a richly colored, draped garment while holding a stick or paintbrush.

Louise Hollandine (Princess Palatine) was the 6th (or 7th) child and 2nd daughter of Frederick Elector Palatine and his wife Princess Elizabeth Stuart, eldest daughter of King James VI and I of England and sister of King Charles I. Louise was born in The Hague, shortly after her parents' arrival in the Netherlands following Frederick's defeat in Bohemia in 1620. She was christened Louise after her paternal grandfather and Hollandine as a tribute to the States of Holland, her godfathers, and the country of her birth. She studied primarily in Leiden at the 'Prinsenhof', and began drawing lessons at age six. Louise was taught in the Calvinist tradition according to the Heidelberg Catechism and studied with Gerard van Honthorst. Louise is said to have had a love-affair with James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (originally Earl of Montrose), a Scottish Cavalier soldier and poet. Montrose, a revered national hero, won many outstanding military victories until ultimately being hanged, drawn and quartered in 1650. In December 1657, to the dismay of her Protestant family and with the assistance of her aunt (by marriage) Henrietta Maria of France, Louise left her home in disguise and became a Catholic nun which created lifelong animosity with her family. With the support of French King Louis XIV, she became Abbess of Maubuisson in August 1664 although her mother Elizabeth Stuart attempted to have Louise arrested and returned. Louise lived at the Cistercian Maubuisson Abbey until her death at the age of 84. This elegant portrait dates from around 1650. According to the catalogue for the "Winter Queen" exhibition of 1963, it appears to have been reduced in size from an original three-quarter length composition. She portrays herself as a fair-skinned beauty with dark, curly hair, wearing an exotic broad-brimmed, disc-shaped hat, woven in a radial pattern with yellow and orange strips of fabric and a richly colored, draped garment while holding a stick or paintbrush.

Self portrait by Louise Hollandine, Princess Palatine (Dutch) - Oil on canvas / c. 1650 #womeninart #art #artwork #womanartist #oilpainting #femaleartist #portraitofawoman #selfportrait #womensart #Hollandine #princess #womenartists #nun #abbess #WinterQueen #DutchArtist #womanpainter #artoftheday

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