On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01191
- Author
- Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (Spanish)
- Title
- Maria de Austria
- Chronology
- Ca. 1652
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 234 cm x 131,5 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
The daughter of Emperor Fernando
III and Maria de Austria —Felipe
IV's sister— was born in Neustad in
1634. She was supposed to marry her
cousin, Prince baltasar Carlos. Two
years after the latter died in
1646, she married her uncle, Felipe
IV, despite the considerable age
difference. As mother of the future
Carlos II, she was a Reagent
between 1664 and 1675, dying at the
age of sixty-two.
Painted after Velasquez's second
trip to Rome (1649-1651), this
court portrait is characterized by
a wise compositional conjunction
that emphasizes elements
symbolizing dignity and prudence as
the qualities of majesty; and a
loose and vibrant painting
technique. It was enlarged with an
added section in the upper part.
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