Painters and sculptors : a second series of Old masters and new (1907)
Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919 · New York : Duffield · leaf 102
anta Maria Theresa, in the Prado, is technicallyone of the worlds masterpieces of painting, a mir-acle of hghtness of hand and justness of eye, but itsinterest for us, just now, is in the complacency ofa great artist before the most monstrous costumethat was ever worn in the world. The stiffness… … VELASQUEZ: THE INFANTA MAHIA THERESA PAINTERS OF THE MODE 49 ture of this stiffness sucli as no other nation has evertolerated. The skirt is supported on a hoop whichis built out sideways until it holds the arms nearlyhorizontal, and the figure is actually wider than high;the body is incased in a…
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