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María Teresa (1638–1683), Infanta of Spain

1646
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 625
Mazo was Velázquez’s assistant and son-in-law, having married his daughter Francisca in 1633, and he mimicked many of the elder artist’s techniques and formats. María Teresa, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and future queen of France, is shown at around seven years old. The painting can be precisely dated by the dress of “plain black velvet embroidered with silver squares,” made in January 1646 by court tailor Mateo Aguado as a gift from the girl’s former governess, the Countess of Olivares. The putti faintly visible through the red curtain at upper right reveal that Mazo reused a canvas once painted with an entirely different composition, a common practice in even the highest-level workshops.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: María Teresa (1638–1683), Infanta of Spain
  • Artist: Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Spanish, Cuenca ca. 1612–1667 Madrid)
  • Date: 1646
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 58 1/4 x 40 1/2 in. (148 x 102.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943
  • Object Number: 43.101
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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ca. 1636 or later
Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo Spanish, Oil on canvas
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1670s
The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) Spanish, Oil on canvas
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1648
Sebastián Martínez y Pérez (1747–1800), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Oil on canvas
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1792
The Young Virgin, Francisco de Zurbarán Spanish, Oil on canvas
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