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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Gumersinda Goicoechea, Goya’s Daughter-in-Law

🖼 Gumersinda Goicoechea, Goya’s Daughter-in-Law, 1815
Black chalk
110 × 82 cm
Madrid, Spain

Soft brushwork renders a woman in elegant dress against warm, muted tones, her composed gaze direct and penetrating. Goya captures his family circle with psychological depth, revealing the intimacy of domestic portraiture in early 19th-century Spain.

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