[billorites]

or, perhaps, not so quietly.

[ryderann]

Hey ladies...can you just imagine how good it must have felt to take off that torturous outfit?

[smokingfrog]

That painting was stolen by Napoleon. It should be returned to the Spanish peoples. </jk>

[j.havenfarm]

Wait a minute, I think that’s my sister!

[buwaya]

There was a big to-do about when the Nazis looted art.

There was far more art looted by the French Napoleonic armies, all over Europe. Much of it by senior officers, generals and marshals. Many, like Soult and Massena, were notorious for it.

The case of Spain was even worse than most, as the French armies looted Madrid (and Duponts men much of Andalucia), while France and Spain were nominally allied.

There was no justice after those wars, as the great powers were more concerned with pacifying France. And Louis XVIII needed those marshals to stay on the throne. So most of them kept their loot.

This painting belongs in the Prado, side by side with its mate (that portrait of Philip IV, mentioned in the article).

[Uncle Miltie]

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