20 January 2018

Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. The Infanta Margarita of Austria (‘La infanta doña Margarita de Austria’), ca. 1665 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).


Oil on canvas: 212 x 147 cm. Also known as ‘Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress’. Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (pupil and son-in-law of Diego Velázquez) was appointed the new court painter in 1661. A cut down version (copy?) lies at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Velázquez`s ‘Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress’: here.

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