Lot 49

Upon close inspection there is a light crackle forming in the paint specifically in the lower left near the dark jug, and within the dark background above. The pigment however does appear to be stable. The picture is slightly loose within its frame. Under UV light there is evidence of minor repair on the far left edge, and in small areas beneath the child's face. Small cracks/creases in the board lower right corner. Overall framed size 53 x 47cm.


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Private collection, Queensland

The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London, no. 2 (label verso)

The portrait depicted within this painting is Diego Velázquez's "Portrait of the Infanta Marguerite Thérèse", the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665) and his second wife Marie-Anne of Austria.