Maria Anna of Spain was a Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by her marriage to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. She acted as regent on several occasions during the absences of her husband, notably during his absence in Bohemia in 1645.
Detail of the portrait of Infanta Maria Ana of Austria by Felipe Diricksen, 1630 (Portland Art Museum)
Infantin Maria Anna, Kaiserin, im Alter von 4 bis 5 Monaten, Bildnis in ganzer Figur (1607), by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Maria Anna, Infanta of Spain, Later Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Empress, as a child, by Bartolomé González y Serrano, National Trust, Cliveden.
Maria Anna of Bavaria was a German princess, a member of the House of Wittelsbach by birth and an Archduchess consort of Inner Austria by marriage.