Baroque oil painting of a 17th-century queen in a silver gown and red ermine robe, adorned with a tiara and pearls.

A hyper-realistic 17th-century Baroque oil painting in the style of Sir Peter Lely or Jacob Huysmans, portraying a queen in full court regalia, standing with poise and sovereign dignity. Her brown hair is styled in voluminous curls, parted at the center and falling over her shoulders, adorned with delicate strands of pearls and a subtle diamond tiara. Her blue eyes are striking and composed, lending her an air of cultivated power and serene grandeur. She wears an extravagant gown made of gleaming silver silk taffeta, the bodice low and square-cut, stiffened and embroidered with gold thread and tiny pearls. Billowing sleeves fall open to the elbow, revealing vast undersleeves of white lace and silk, trimmed with more pearls and delicate gold ribbon. The skirts are enormous, falling in heavy, dramatic folds, supported by thick petticoats, with swags of gathered fabric looped and fastened with golden rosettes. A long, flowing train spills behind her onto a marble floor. A voluminous silk mantle, scarlet lined with ermine, is pinned at her shoulder with a large sapphire brooch, and drapes regally down one side. She wears long pearl-drop earrings and a double-strand pearl necklace at her throat. The background features a great column beside a crimson curtain, drawn back to reveal a moody sky and hints of classical architecture. A table draped in rich damask holds a crown and orb. The lighting is warm and painterly, illuminating the sheen of her silks and the regal poise. See more