Caption:
Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France from 1570 to 1574 as the wife of King Charles IX. Daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain. In headdress, ruff collar, gown with puff shoulders, embroidered sleeves, silk underskirt, bejeweled bodice. Elisabeth d'Autriche, Reine de France. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomtes Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.