#Baroque Spain

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Posthumous portrait of Saint Elizabeth of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1271-1336) , 17th century

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cathedral // granada, spain // 2015 // ©

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Charles II and Marie Louise of Orleans Fanart

"She is the most beautiful of all" Charles II of Spain

The art depicts Charles II introducing his wife to his court and touring her around the Alcazar Real Palace.

I cried the first time I read their love story because it was sad and tragic. It was an affectionate and genuine relationship. Charles II loved his first wife and did everything he could to make her happy. Although Marie Louise did not feel the same way for Charles at first, she eventually fell for him. Despite the people and the Spanish court hating Marie Louise for not producing children, they had a loving relationship. She was exposed to rituals and medicines to cure her "infertility," but she began to weaken over time. One day, while horseback riding, she felt immense pain in her belly and fell ill. Sensing that death was near, confessors were summoned to save her soul. Charles was by her side, holding her hand. She leaned towards him and said, "Many women may be with His Majesty, but none will love him more than I do," before passing away.

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Interior de Monasterio en Granada, Andalucía, ESPAÑA

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San Luis de los Franceses, a 18th century Jesuit church,

Seville, Spain

Dec. 2021

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Josefa de Óbidos (Portuguese, 1630-1684)

Santa Teresa, Doutora Mística, inspirada pelo Espírito Santo

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Retrato orante de Da. Mariana de Austria

by Diego Velázquez (Sevillian, 1599 – 1660) oil on canvas (147 × 209 cm), 1655

Museo del Prado

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The Spanish Series: Las Meninas - Diego Velázquez (1656)

Famed Spanish artist Antonio Palomino describes Las Meninas as thus in his El Museo Pictorico, Y Escala Optica:

"In all the marvelous paintings that Velazquez made, there was a large one with the portrait of the Infanta de España… when she was a very young age; there are no words to describe her grace, liveliness, and beauty; but her own portrait can be better praised."

Of course, the "Infanta" that Palomino refers to is the blonde-haired child at the very foreground of the painting, attended to by Maria Agustina (left) and Isabel Velasco (right). In this depiction of La Infanta, her hair is a bright, almost platinum blonde; as she aged, her hair in paintings darkened, either a consequence of natural biological processes or a representation of her maturation over the years.

When Infanta Margaret Theresa was 15, she married Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. She underwent 6 pregnancies in 6 years, weakening her immune system and eventually leading to her death in 1673 at the age of 21.

Velázquez painted numerous other portraits of Margaret Theresa and inspired many others to do the same.

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Portrait of Jacques Le Roy (1631) by Anthony van Dyck. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.

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Antonio González Velázquez (Spanish, 1723-1793) The Birth of the Virgin, ca.1755-57 Detroit Institute of Arts Museum

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Semana Santa de Cádiz for the newspaper Diario de Cádiz, by Lourdes de Vicente, 2024.

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Isabel de Francia, reina de España (1615), por Frans Pourbus el Joven.

[marianadecarlos]

The work represents Queen Mariana of Austria (1634-1696), widow of King Philip IV of Spain and regent of the Kingdom, conversing with Father Juan Everardo Nithard (1607-1681), who would become cardinal of the Catholic Church and General Inquisitor of Spain, the scene taking place in the Chamber of Philip IV of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid.

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Fachada Barroca de la Catedral de Murcia, ESPAÑA

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Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸 - 📷 Detail of the facade of the Royal Palace (Palacio Real de Madrid)

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427x796 Adoración de los Magos, Juan Bautista Maíno, ha 1610 //

Adoration of the Magi, painting by Juan Bautista Maíno, ca 1610