The itinerary TITULORECORRIDO has been successfully created. Now you can add in works from the Collection browser

TITULOOBRA added to TITULORECORRIDO itinerary

The Duchess of Alba with María de la Luz on her arms

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de

Zoom in Zoom out

Close Continuar a ficha de la obra

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de

Fuendetodos, Zaragoza (Spain), 1746 - Bordeaux (France), 1828

See author's file

The Duchess of Alba with María de la Luz on her arms

1794 - 1795. Wash, Indian ink on laid paper Room A

The child Maria de la Luz, a daughter of slaves, was emancipated in January 1796 in the Duchess of Alba´s will as a gesture of generosity and grandeur. The drawing shows the affection shown for her by the duchess, who also donated money and left annual income to the girl in her will. The lady is recognizable by her wavy black hair and well-defined eyebrows, as well as by the maternal way she holds the girl in her arms.

Matilla Rodríguez, José Manuel, Ligereza y atrevimiento. Dibujos de Goya, Santander, Fundación Botín,, 2017, p.63 n.25B; 170 n.25B

See work in timeline

Technical data

Clic para ampliar

Related artworks

Girl dancing to a guitar

Indian ink on laid paper, 1794 - 1795

Inventory number: D004183
Author: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de
Title: The Duchess of Alba with María de la Luz on her arms
Date: 1794 - 1795
Technique: Wash; Indian ink
Support: Laid paper
Dimension: Height: 171 mm.; Width: 99 mm.
Series: Álbum de Sanlúcar o Álbum A, f

Bibliography +

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Los dibujos de Goya. Reproducidos a su tamaño y en su color, II, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1954, pp. n. 221 (426).

Gassier, Pierre, Vie et oeuvre de Francisco de Goya: l`oeuvre complet illustré: peintures, dessins, gravures, Office du Livre, Fribourg, 1970, pp. 171, n. 360.

Salas, Xavier de, El Arte de Goya, Ministerio de Auntos Exteriores, Tokio, 1971, pp. n. 52.

Gassier, Pierre, Dibujos de Goya. Los álbumes, 1, Noguer, Barcelona, 1973, pp. 42, n. Af [6], il. p. 26.

Calvo Serraller, Francisco (dir.), Goya: la imagen de la mujer, Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2001, pp. 308.

Mena Marqués, Manuela B., La duquesa de Alba ''musa de Goya'' el mito y la historia, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2006, pp. 128, lám. 55.

Zanardi, Tara, Framing Majismo: art and royal identity in eighteenth century Spain, The Pennsylvania State University Press,, 2016, pp. 167.

Matilla Rodríguez, José Manuel, Ligereza y atrevimiento. Dibujos de Goya, Fundación Botín,, Santander, 2017, pp. 63 n.25B; 170 n.25B.