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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Family of the Infante Don Luis

🖼 The Family of the Infante Don Luis, 1783
Oil on canvas
248 × 330 cm
Mamiano di Traversetolo, Italy

Golden light bathes an aristocratic family arranged in relaxed domesticity, rendered with Goya's fluid brushwork and psychological insight into individual character. This intimate royal portrait revolutionized court painting by prioritizing natural interaction over ceremonial formality, establishing modern portraiture's psychological depth.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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