Painted after Velázquez.
The daughter of King Philip IV of Spain, María Teresa became the presumptive heir to the throne in 1646. Princely suitors from around Europe were keen to have a portrait of the young infanta as she reached the marriageable age of fourteen. The likeness of María Teresa wearing a wig with butterfly ribbons in the Metropolitan museum in New York may have served as a model for Velázquez's assistants to copy as they met the demand for official portraits of the young princess. In these paintings I continue to copy the original with variations in style and gesture.