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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Mariana Waldstein, Ninth Marquesa de Santa Cruz

🖼 Mariana Waldstein, Ninth Marquesa de Santa Cruz, -
Oil on canvas
142 × 97 cm
Paris, France

Luminous silk and jeweled elegance dominate this portrait, with the Marquesa posed gracefully against shadowed drapery, her aristocratic bearing captured through refined brushwork. Goya's psychological penetration reveals both social status and inner reserve, exemplifying his mastery of Spanish court portraiture.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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