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SPANISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of Margarita Teresa (1651-1673), Infanta of Spain, and later Holy Roman Empress, Queen Consort of Germany Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess Consort of Austria, in a red and silver silk gown and jewel-encrusted stomacher
oil on canvas, in a painted oval
2718 x 2034 in. (68.9 x 52.7 cm.)
Literature
Vail, A. (2016, October 11). Iris Apfel's Home in New York City is a Fashionista's Dream. Architectural Digest.
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Lot Essay

This composition is clearly inspired by another portrait of Margarita Teresa by an unidentified Spanish hand, now in the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 8147).

"The first painting Apfel ever bought—a portrait of the Infanta Margarita she picked up 60 years ago at an antiques shop in Florence." (Vail, 2016)

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