Product Description

Date: Saturday, January 25, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Speaker:Amanda Wunder, Professor of History and Art History, City University of New York (Lehman College and the Graduate Center)

Mariana of Austria wears a stunning black-and-silver dress in Velázquez’s iconic portrait. Did dresses like this really exist? If so, how were they made? And what was it like to wear them? In this lecture, the author of Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez explores the materials and techniques that went into making courtly dresses in 17th-century Spain and reveals the hidden undergarments that created the queen’s unnatural silhouette. Lifting the curtain from the portrait, Amanda Wunder introduces the skilled court artisans who worked behind the scenes to dress the Spanish queen and brings to life the flesh-and-blood woman who lived behind the masklike makeup and heavy wig in Velázquez’s famous painting.

Held in the Museum’s theater.

If you are having issues registering, please contact [email protected] or 626-844-6990.

Additional tickets will be available for walkups on the day of the lecture starting at 4:00 p.m.

Details:

• Doors open 30 minutes before program. Advance ticket-holders may check in at the Check-in Table in the Main Entrance beginning at 4:00 p.m. (seating is not assigned). Everyone must be seated no later than 4:50 p.m. Guests who are not in their seat by 4:50 p.m. may forfeit their ticket.
• If you have reserved a ticket but are no longer able to attend the lecture, please contact [email protected].