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Drummer boys, Spanish infantas and stilt walkers all march inexorably onward like a feverish apparition.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

And it’s true of “Princess’ Dance,” in which one of Velázquez’s Habsburg infantas is accompanied by the ominous shadow of a male figure, arm outstretched.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2011

More than eight feet high and over a ton each, the “Reina Mariana” sculptures depict infantas inspired by Velázquez’s portraits of Spanish royalty.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2010

The chilly crypts also contain the tombs of the infantes and infantas, their white marble coffins stacked in circles like the layers of a wedding cake.

From Time Magazine Archive

The younger brother, Alessandro, after bearing arms in the Portuguese war, was subsequently employed in the instruction of the infantas, finally embraced the ecclesiastical state, and died bishop of St. Domingo, in 1525.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by Prescott, William Hickling