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Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) follower,

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Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) follower,
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) follower, The Infanta Margarita Teresa, at the age of 5, copy of the painting at the Louvre, Paris, oil on canvas, 58 x 49 cm, w/ frame, (Wo)€ 7.000 - 9.000 US $ 6.930 - 8.910 The Princess Margarita Teresa, daughter of Philip IV. of Spain and his second wife Maria Anna of Austria, was engaged to her uncle Emperor Kaiser Leopold I. in 1663, and married him in 1666. In order to acquaint Leopold with his future spouse, the Spanish court sent no less than four paintings of the infanta to Vienna, showing her at the age of three, five, seven, and thirteen. Literature: Cf. Y. Bottineau et P. M. Bardi,"Tout l'oeuvre peint de Velazquez", Paris, 1969, No.114, ill.114.