Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress by Diego Velazquez

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Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress

The three-year-old Infanta stands beside a vase of flowers, where a pink-and-silver court dress, dark lace and green drapery turn dynastic portraiture into a study of scale and material presence.

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Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress: Meaning, Symbols and Visual Analysis

Five regions connect the child's face, structured dress, flower vase, fan and green curtain to a diplomatic portrait built from scale and material evidence.

Date: 1654
Museum: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
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What remains debated

Evidence has limits.

The portrait formed part of a dynastic exchange and shows Margarita Teresa at about three years old. Costume, accessories and provenance support that courtly function; facial expression alone cannot establish how the child experienced the sitting or her future marriage plans.

Questions about this painting

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What should I look at first in Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress?

Begin with a small face anchors an adult field of court display, then compare it with the dress turns the body into a broad structure and flowers introduce a second scale of delicacy. The sequence moves from visible structure toward interpretation.

What does Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress mean?

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Primary title: Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress
Original title: Infantin Margarita (1651-1673) in rosafarbenem Kleid
Alternate titles: Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Gown
Creator: Diego Velazquez
Date: 1654
Movement: Baroque
Object type: Painting
Published material: Canvas
Paint binder: Not published by the holding institution
Dimensions: 128 × 99.6 × 3.2 cm; framed 150.2 × 121.3 × 6.5 cm
Holding institution: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Current location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Gemaldegalerie
Accession number: Gemaldegalerie, 321
Credit line: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemaldegalerie
Attribution: Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
Digital image: 1600 × 2124 px

Record control

Status: verified
Last verified: 2026-08-08
Verified by: SeePaintings editorial verification
Internal ID: velazquez-infanta-margarita-pink-dress

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Open museum record

Provenance note

Documented at the imperial court from October 1654 as a gift of King Philip IV; in the imperial gallery in Vienna by 1837.

Verification note

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References

01Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress · Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Image use and download

Work: public-domain
Digital image: terms-review-required
Checked: 2026-08-08

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same artist

Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress

Diego Velázquez · 1659

Dynastic portraiture across age, costume and scale

The two Vienna portraits show Margarita Teresa at different ages and make changing court dress and presentation directly comparable.

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formal contrast

Grace Dalrymple Elliott

Thomas Gainsborough · 1782

Female portrait identity through dress and setting

A diplomatic child portrait and a later fashionable half-length portrait use costume to build very different public identities.

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Historical significance

Why this work still matters

The portrait begins the Vienna sequence of Margarita Teresa images and creates a strong comparison with the later blue-dress portrait: age, costume and diplomatic function change while the sitter remains a dynastic image sent between courts.

Detail coordinates

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01Compare the child's face with the architectural width of the dress.
02Trace the pink ribbons through the silver fabric.
03Use the flower vase and fan to measure the sitter's small scale.

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