Eleonora, Wife of Ferdinand II, from the series Ferdinandus II et III Imperatorum Domus Austriacae...

Pieter Van Sompel Dutch
 After Pieter Soutman Dutch

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Eleonora of Gonzaga became Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, and Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia upon her marriage to the widowed Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. Raised at the ducal court in Mantua, a center of culture and science, she was exposed to and educated in foreign languages, history, music, and painting.

Eleonora, Wife of Ferdinand II, from the series Ferdinandus II et III Imperatorum Domus Austriacae..., Pieter Van Sompel (Dutch, ca. 1600–ca. 1643), Engraving and etching; second state of two

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