Margaret Theresa of Spain
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Margaret Theresa of Spain was, by marriage to Leopold I, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and
Margaret Theresa in c. 1670 by Jan Thomas van Ieperen
Infanta Margarita Teresa (1655), Velázquez, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Infanta Margarita Teresa, aged 14, in mourning for her father. The Infanta left Spain to become Holy Roman Empress the same year. Painted by Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (1666), Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress (1653), Velázquez, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Philip IV of Spain
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Philip IV, also called the Planet King, was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the arts, including such artists as D
Margaret Theresa of Spain
…was, by marriage to Leopold I, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and the elder full-sister of Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. She is the central figure in the famous Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, and…
Portrait of Philip IV in Fraga, 1644
A c. 1612 portrait of Philip and his older sister, Anne
A 1623 portrait of Philip, displaying the prominent "Habsburg lip"
A c. 1636 portrait of Philip's most prominent favourite and minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares