Marry me – the functions of portraiture

Jakob Seisenegger: Archduchess Maria (1531–1581), Duchess of Jülich, Cleves and Berg, full-length portrait with her first-born daughter Maria Eleonore, c. 1555

 

Jakob Seisenegger: Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol, 1548

 

Jakob Seisenegger: Emperor Charles V with his English water dog, 1532

 

Jakob Seisenegger: Archduchess Anna (1528–1590), daughter of Ferdinand I, full-length portrait, c. 1545

 

Jakob Seisenegger: Archduchess Eleonora (1534–1594), Duchess of Mantua, at the age of two, c. 1536

 

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 –1660): Infante Philip Prosper (1657–1661), 1659

 

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez: Infanta Maria Teresa (1638–1683), c. 1652/1653

 

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez: Infanta Margarita Teresa (1651–1673) in a pink dress, c. 1653/1654

 

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez: Infanta Margarita Teresa (1651–1673) in a white dress, c. 1656

 

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez: Infanta Margarita Teresa (1651–1673) in a blue dress, 1659