Faustina Peñalver y Fauste, Marquise of Amboage
1899. Oil on canvas.On display elsewhere
The painting depicts Faustina Peñalver y Fauste, Marquise consort of Amboage (Barcelona, 1856 – Madrid, 24-03-1916). She was the daughter of a Supreme Court magistrate and second wife to Ramón Pla y Monge (1823–1892), who was named Marquis of Amboage by Pope Leo XIII. She created the Fundación Barrio Obrero Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.158