On view from Friday through March 24, 2025, the exhibition is centered on the nearly life-size portrait “Queen Mariana of Austria” (1652–53) by 17th-century Spanish painter Diego Velázquez ...
The commission for a formal portrait of Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain’s new queen consort, was a very big deal. Velázquez was up to the task. Court painter by ...