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John Hazlett's avatar

She's got her father's face.

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Richard Goodman's avatar

Bit nicer, I think.

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Nancy Harmon Jenkins's avatar

Just imagining how long it took to dress the poor child in her gorgeous outfit. And how she was trained to obedience, patience, succumbing to the will of others. And how sumptuously Velazquez recreates the fall of those fabrics. But what is she holding in her left hand?

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Richard Goodman's avatar

I guess she's holding some kind of purse. Back then, when I first saw the painting, in 1972, I wasn't fully formed. (Not that I am now.) I didn't think about things like how long it took a girl to get into a dress.

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