María Teresa
by VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y, Oil on canvas, 127 x 98,5 cm
The painting - known also as the portrait with two watches - was sent to the Habsburg court in Vienna to potential suitors of Mar�a Teresa, the daughter of Spain’s King Philip IV and ultimately the wife of Louis XIV of France. In portraying the royal family, Vel�zquez generally painted a bust-length portrait from life, which he and his assistants would use as a model in creating full-length versions. There is another version of the painting in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.