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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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Painting as disegno interno The action The mirror The gazes A meta-painting Where is María Teresa?
The action
The mirror
The gazes
A meta-painting
Where is María Teresa?
Some interpretations B. Mestre Fiol C. Justi Ch. Tolnay J.A. Emmens S. Sebastián
B. Mestre Fiol C. Justi Ch. Tolnay J.A. Emmens S. Sebastián
C. Justi
Ch. Tolnay
J.A. Emmens
S. Sebastián