WLT211565 The Departure of Elisabeth of France for Spain, c.1848 (oil on panel) by Isabey, Louis Eugene Gabriel (1803-86); 66x50 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; (add.info.: Elisabeth of Valois (1545-68), daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de\' Medici, was briefly betrothed to Don Carlos, prince of Asturias, but for reasons of state was compelled to marry his father, King Philip II of Spain. The unhappy fourteen year old princess, dressed more like a widow than a bride, swoons as she is led to the carriage that will take her away from France in 1559); French, out of copyright.