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?
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.
She's got her father's face.
Bit nicer, I think.
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?
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.