The exchange of two queens: Elizabeth of France passes to Spain to become consort to the Prince of the Asturias (later King Philip IV), while Anne of Austria goes to France to become consort to King Louis XIII. Engraving by B. Audran the elder after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.

A procession in Paris, 1612, to mark dynastic marriages joining France and Spain. Etching by M. Merian after C. Chastillon, 16--.

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