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- Reference number
- P07713
- Author
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de (Spanish)
- Title
- The Duchess of Abrantes
- Chronology
- 1816
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 92 cm x 70 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 1996
Dressed in French fashion from the
second decade of the nineteenth
century and wearing a stylish
floral diadem on her head, the
duchess holds a piece of music in
her hands, alluding to her love of
music and singing.
This is Goya's last known portrait
of an aristocratic lady. Its
vibrant, rapid technique still
recalls the affected, multicolored
portraits from the eighteenth
century, but its way of rubbing the
light and its black brushstrokes
foreshadow Goya's work from the
eighteen twenties.
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