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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and William Edward Frost’s Florinda la Cava, with Footnotes. #132

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Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805–1873 Frankfurt)
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…

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