2-645-985 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Portrait De La Reine Marie-Anne', (Mariana of Austria), 1652, (1910). Queen consort of Spain as the second wife of King Philip IV, who was also her maternal uncle. Queen Mariana (1634-1696) is also known as a benefactress for funding in the mid-17th century the Jesuit voyage of Blessed Father Diego Luis de San Vitores and Saint Pedro Calungsod to Guam, in order to Catholicize the indigenous Chamoru people of her namesake Mariana Islands. OIl on canvas. From The Connoisseur Vol XXVIII. [Otto Limited, London, 1910]