This canvas is a copy of the original preserved in the Prado Museum (P2234), one of a group of portraits collected by María Luisa de Orleans (1662-1689), first wife of Carlos II of Spain, which would become part of the Royal Collection. Some of these paintings must have decorated the Queen´s Gallery in the Alcázar (Madrid), a representation space where the Queen launched a decorative
Maria Theresa of Spain (El Escorial, September 10, 1638 - July 30, 1683, Versailles), Infanta of Spain and Queen of France by marriage to her cousin Louis XIV (P2299). Represented in three quarters, wearing a blue velvet ceremonial dress with gold brocade plaits and ermine skin appliqués. The great jewel or "stomacher" runs through the entire body of the dress stands out. This canvas is one