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VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y: The Infanta Doña Margarita de Austria

🖼 The Infanta Doña Margarita de Austria, c. 1660
Oil on canvas
212 × 147 cm
Madrid, Spain

Luminous silk and jewels frame a young girl in regal stillness, rendered with Velázquez's masterful glazing technique. This portrait epitomizes Spanish court painting's psychological depth, capturing both the Infanta's innocence and her role as dynastic pawn in 17th-century Habsburg politics.

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