Iconology

How pure, how transparent,
how candid the glass
of a mirror, that
hideth not a fly.
O King, if you are your mirror,
make your life a glass
that not a speck blemishes
nor an evil counsel darkens.

Juan de Solórzano: Emblemata regio politica, (1653)


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Navigating the work

 

Aboaut the title

 

Iconography

 

Composition

 

Iconology

 

Historic and artistic context

 

The Spanish baroque

 

Comparative studies

 

Documents

 


Graphic Painting as disegno interno

Graphic The action

Graphic The mirror

Graphic The gazes

Graphic A meta-painting

Graphic Where is María Teresa?




Some interpretations

Graphic B. Mestre Fiol

Graphic C. Justi

Graphic Ch. Tolnay

Graphic J.A. Emmens

Graphic S. Sebastián