Diego Velasquez: Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Maria (From a drawing by James R Swinton)'

Made:
1847-08-31
maker:
Nicolaas Henneman

Diego Velasquez: Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Maria (From a drawing by James R Swinton)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV. The daughter of King Philip IV of Spain Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651-1673) was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess consort of Austria, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the last of the Spanish Hapsburgs.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-3366
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 140 mm x 110 mm
image: 136 mm x 112 mm
type:
photograph, calotype and salt print
credit:
Matilda Talbot