Queen Mariana in a Bright Red Dress
around 1655/60 | Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Mariana (also Marianna, 1635–1696) was the daughter of the later Emperor Ferdinand III and his wife Mary, one of the daughters of Philip II of Spain. Originally betrothed to the Infante Balthasar Charles, she became the second wife of her direct uncle King Philip IV in 1649 after the Infante’s death at a young age. She is the mother of the Infante Margaret, the Infante Philip Prospero and the later King Charles II of Spain.
Mariana (also Marianna, 1635–1696) was the daughter of the later Emperor Ferdinand III and his wife Mary, one of the daughters of Philip II of Spain. Originally betrothed to the Infante Balthasar Charles, she became the second wife of her direct uncle King Philip IV in 1649 after the Infante’s death at a young age. She is the mother of the Infante Margaret, the Infante Philip Prospero and the later King Charles II of Spain.
Workshop:
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 Sevilla - 1660 Madrid) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Königin Maria Anna Tochter d. Ferdinand III. von Habsburg Österreich (1634 - 1696) DNB
Time:
around 1655/60
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Spanish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
allseitig beschnitten, obere Ecken ergänzt: cut on all sides, upper corners added: 128,5 cm × 99 cm
Framed: 154,4 cm × 127,5 cm × 7,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 2131
Provenance
Imperial property, 1796 documented in the gallery in Vienna (?);