03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and William Edward Frost’s Florinda la Cava, with Footnotes. #132
Jan 20, 2025
Florinda, c. 1853
Oil on canvas
70 1/4 x 96 3/4 in. (178.4 x 245.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Florinda la Cava (at center left), or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain in 711…