Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers / edited and translated by Esther Singleton (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, Morse, Alice C. (Alice Cordelia), b. 1862, binding designer · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co · leaf 352
rded. The lady kneeling in profileis Dona Maria Agostina, daughter of Don Diego Sarmiento jshe holds a gold salver from which she hands the princessthe water in a red cup made of bucaro^ a fine scented claybrought from the East Indies. The other facing her andcurtseying slightly, is Dona Isabel de… … LAS MKMNAS. LAS MENINAS 271 the princesses from their infancy to the time when they as-sumed the chapin^ or slippers worn by the young ladies.The meninas themselves wore low shoes and a kind ofhigh-heeled sandals, which like galoches^ were worn overthe others; both in the palace and outside they…
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