Infanta Maria
Josefa was caught in marital negotiations, with Louis XV among others, and died
unmarried.
This is a great picture of bows as dress decoration in the
eighteenth century with bows on the sleeves and arranged en echelle on her
stomacher.
Keywords: Mengs, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Borbón family, Princess, Spanish, straight coiffure, floral headdress, square neckline,
modesty piece, lace, revers, stomacher, bows en échelle, three quarter length
close sleeves, bows, engageantes, vee waistline, panniers, over-skirt,
earrings, bracelets