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VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y: Infanta Margarita

🖼 Infanta Margarita, 1654-55
Oil on canvas
70 × 59 cm
Paris, France

Luminous silk and jewels surround the young infanta, rendered with Velázquez's masterful brushwork capturing both fragility and royal authority. This portrait exemplifies Spanish Golden Age court painting, establishing the visual language of Habsburg dynastic power through intimate yet ceremonial representation.

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