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FRANZ VON STUCK & VELÁZQUEZ · Franz von Stuck (1863-1928) - Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter Mary in a Velázquez Costume, 1908 · Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) - Portraits of Infanta Maria Teresa and Queen Mariana of Spain, 1653 / c. 1655-60 Throughout the oeuvre of Franz von Stuck feature portraits of his beloved daughter Mary. These portraits were not only intimate reflections of his paternal love, but also came to be a highly successful ‘product line’ of the Munich painter, developed to satisfy the great demand for pictures of his beautiful daughter. / Mary was the daughter of Franz von Stuck from an earlier affair with the baker Anna Maria Meier. She was later formally adopted by Stuck and his wife after permission was granted by the Bavarian Prince Regent. The painting depicts her at the age of twelve wearing a Velázquez-costume she wore at a party in 1908. Stuck painted several versions of this portrait and also included it in a family portrait of 1909 in which Mary stands, in the same dress, between Stuck and his wife.” (read more: Lempertz · Sotheby’s)
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