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Infanta Margarita (1651–1673) in a pink Gown

1654, Artist: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez

 

 

Infanta Margarita (1651–1673) in a pink Gown

Margarita was the first child of the marriage between King Philip IV and his second wife Mariana of Austria. Following the desire of her grandfather, Emperor Ferdinand III., for her portraits, the Spanish court sent her likenesses to Vienna at intervals of two to three years. The first one shows the princess in stately pose standing on a dais; a brilliantly depicted vase of flowers to her right might contain marguerites (in a play on the name of the sitter).

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kabinett 12

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Spanish

Dated

1654

Artist

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 Sevilla - 1660 Madrid) - GND

Material

Canvas

Dimensions

Overall: 128 cm × 99,6 cm × 3,2 cm
Framed: 150,2 cm × 121,3 cm × 6,5 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 321

Provenance

since October 1654 documented as a gift of King Philip IV at the imperial court; at the latest since 1837 in the imperial gallery in Vienna

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