María Teresa, Infanta of Spain
mid-17th century
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19 x 14 9/16 in. (48 x 37 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.147
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of Spain's Habsburg court with Diego Velázquez's *María Teresa, Infanta Spain*, a mid-17th-century oil on canvas portrait from the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. intimate work (48 x 37 cm) captures the young Infanta María Teresa, of King Philip IV, in a poised and regal manner typical of Velázquez's mastery of royal portraiture. Painted during Spain's Golden Age, the reflects the era's Baroque grandeur and the artist's role as principal court painter. María Teresa, born in 1638, would later become Queen of France through her marriage to...