Madrazo interprets the elegance and refinement of the French painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres with a personality of his own, especially in the sitter’s pose. The handling of the textiles - notably the delicate rendering of the transparency of the lace - their colours, and the touches of the brush that accentuate the highlights make this a particularly significant work from his mature period.
Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, Catálogo de la Exposición Nacional de Retratos, Casa Editorial Mateu, Madrid, 1902, pp. n.1533.
Lozoya, Juan de Contreras y López de Ayala, Marqués de, Historia del arte hispánico, V, Salvat, Barcelona, 1949, pp. 281.
González López, Carlos, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Subirana, Barcelona, 1981, pp. 169.
Los Madrazo: una familia de artistas, Ayuntamiento, Concejalía de Cultura, Madrid, 1985, pp. n.32.
Díez, José Luis, Tesoros de las colecciones particulares madrileñas, Comunidad, D.G. de Patrimonio Cultural, Madrid, 1991.
Díez, José Luis, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815-1894), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 1994, pp. n.38.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2971.
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