. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . mpanion 312 a flDebia^val princeee portraits were painted after 1436, underLord Franks own direction, to commem-orate his alliance with the ex-ruler ofHolland, he certainly did not insist ona flattering presentment of his personalcharms, sufficient though they were toinduce his wife to renounce her proudertitles. Possibly his sanctimonious expres-sion is due to the unskilful tre
. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . mpanion 312 a flDebia^val princeee portraits were painted after 1436, underLord Franks own direction, to commem-orate his alliance with the ex-ruler ofHolland, he certainly did not insist ona flattering presentment of his personalcharms, sufficient though they were toinduce his wife to renounce her proudertitles. Possibly his sanctimonious expres-sion is due to the unskilful treatment of theartist, who seems, too, to have used onemodel for the hands in both portraits. The engraving made for Le Petits historyat the end of the sixteenth century is ap-parently composed from certain features inthe older portraits which were modified toportray a younger woman, imperious, de-manding, and still full of the hope whichhas vanished from the older face. With Jacquelines death the Burgundiansovereignty in the Netherlands was long life was granted to Philip to enjoythe accumulated fruits of his victory. Hehad the opportunity given by years, an op-portunity denied to all the brilliant and. PORTRAIT OF JACQUELINE. CIRCA the National Gallery, Amsterdam. tCbe Xab^ anb tbe Xanb 313 ambitious contemporaries of his youth,whose careers proved too short for thefulfilment of their dreams. In the struggle for supremacy the burgh-ers of the contested provinces won manyadvantages given as bribes for the allegianceof their towns. When Philip was firmlyestablished he repudiated his grants and hadno hesitation in employing there the sameautocratic methods to which other portions ofhis domain were accustomed. But the factof their sometime possession of privilegeswas never forgotten by the the later issue was made betweenthe overlord and the cities, the demandwas not for novel and unknown liberties butfor their former charters. A golden era ofcivic
Size: 1407px × 1776px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1904
