Why it matters
The eight-year-old infanta, who also appears in Las Meninas, stands in a blue dress. Portraits like this one were sent to Vienna to show her future husband, Emperor Leopold I, what his young fiancée looked like.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1659, a year before Velázquez's death.
- It measures 127 × 107 cm.
- The loose brushstrokes fuse only when seen from a distance.
Based on the Wikipedia article Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (CC BY-SA 4.0).
