Velázquez, 1651 - Maria Teresa (1638-1683), Infanta of Spain - fine art print

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The daughter of King Philip IV of Spain, María Teresa became the presumptive heir to the throne in 1646. Princely suitors from around Europe were keen to have a portrait of the young infanta as she reached marriageable age. Originally bust length but subsequently cut down and then reenlarged at the bottom, this likeness of María Teresa wearing a wig with butterfly ribbons may have served as a model for Velázquez's assistants to copy as they met the demand for official portraits of the young princess. In 1660 the infanta married Louis XIV, her first cousin, becoming queen of France.

Maria Teresa (1638-1683), Infanta of Spain was by Velázquez in 1651. The work of art measures the size: Overall 13 1/2 x 15 3/4 in (34,3 x 40 cm); original painted surface 12 7/8 x 15 1/8 in (32,7 x 38,4 cm) and was painted with oil on canvas. Today, this artwork belongs to the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (license - public domain). Creditline of the artwork: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949. Furthermore, alignment is in landscape format and has a side ratio of 1.2 : 1, which means that the length is 20% longer than the width.

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