Follower of John de Critz

Queen Anne, consort of James VI and I, was painted in 1606 by the court painter John de Critz. The prime version, a full-length, is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 6918).¹ The companion piece of James I is in the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. The Venetian envoy, Nicolo Molin, wrote of Anne that:

'She is intelligent and prudent; and knows the disorders of the government, in which she has no part, though many hold that as the King is most devoted to her, she might play as large a role as she wished. But she is young and averse to trouble; she sees that those who govern desire to be left alone, and so she professes indifference. All she ever does is to beg a favour for someone. She is full of kindness for those who support her, but on the other hand she is terrible, proud, unendurable to those she dislikes.'

¹ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw202589/Anne-of-Denmark