3 prints of 2 French Queens of Scotland; Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, & Madeleine de France, Queen of Scotland. By Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722) after, by Philipp van Gunst. Good impression on laid paper Madeleine of Valois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V. The marriage was arranged in accordance with the Treaty of Rouen, and they were married at Notre-Dame de Paris in January 1537, despite French reservations over her failing health. Madeleine died in July 1537, only six months after the wedding and less than two months after arriving in Scotland, resulting in her nickname, the "Summer Queen". A bust of Madeleine of Valois, slightly turned to the left, dressed in a gown with decorative ropes of pearls and a ruffed collar, on a plinth decorated with thistle leaves, a landscape beyond Inscription content: Lettered below image "Adr. vander Werff pinx." and "P.a Gunst sculps." Bibliographic references O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (36) Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (undescibed) (British Museum) Condition is good, slightly yellowing paper. 2 prints of Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) Queen Consort of France (1558-1560) One after Isaac Oliver engraved by Houbraken (39x25 cms) The other by John Simon after Peter Crosse c.1700. (35x25cms)