Francisco de Goya

María Gabriela Palafox y Portocarrero, Marchioness of Lazán (María Gabriela Palafox y Portocarrero, marquesa de Lazán)

María Gabriela Palafox y Portocarrero, Marchioness of Lazán (María Gabriela Palafox y Portocarrero, marquesa de Lazán)
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1804
Ubicación
House of Alba Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Dimensiones
193 x 115 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on canvas
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Fundación Casa de Alba
Ficha: realización/revisión
15 Mar 2010 / 15 Jun 2023
Otros títulos:
Marchioness of Lazán
Historia

This work came from the collection of the Count and Countess of Montijo.

Análisis artístico

Doña María Gabriela Palafox y Portocarrero (1779-1828) was the daughter of Don Felipe Palafox y Croy and Doña María Francisca de Sales y Portocarrero, Countess of Montijo. She was the sister of the Marchioness of Villafranca and the Count of Teba, both of whom Goya also painted.

The subject, who was twenty-five years old when Goya painted her, is shown standing with her right arm resting on the back of the armchair in front of her, which also holds an ermine skin. Her left arm is hanging down at her side. The picture gives the sensation that the figure is emerging from the dark background behind, her elegant dress of white silk shimmering in the light. This empire-line garment, with its gold embroidery and short sleeves, accentuates the woman's bust. Poking out underneath the bottom of the dress is one of her feet, wearing a pointed white shoe that matches the rest of the outfit. Her curly black hair falls down over her shoulders and is adorned with two simple diadems.

From the left-hand side, a bright light illuminates her face, neckline, arms and part of her dress.

Her face gives us a certain sense of distance but it also appears that her pose for the artist is a natural one.

Exposiciones
  • Goya 1900
    Ministerio de Instrucción Pública and Bellas Artes
    Madrid
    1900
    consultant editors Aureliano de Beruete, Alejandro Ferrant, Marqués de Pidal and Ricardo Velázquez. May 1900
  • Retratos de mujeres españolas por artistas españoles anteriores a 1850
    Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte
    Madrid
    1918
  • Spanish paintings
    The Royal Academy of Arts
    London
    1920
  • Pinturas de Goya
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1928
    consultant editor Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. From Apri to -May 1928
  • Exposición conmemorativa del centenario de Goya
    Palacio de Oriente
    Madrid
    1946
    organized by Patrimonio Nacional. June 1946
  • Francisco de Goya. IV Centenario de la capitalidad
    organized by Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Dirección General de Bellas Artes at the Casón del Buen Retiro
    Madrid
    1961
    consultant editor Valentín de Sambricio
  • Goya en las colecciones madrileñas
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1983
    consultant editor Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. From April 19th to June 20th 1983
  • Pabellón de Aragón de la Exposición Universal de Sevilla
    Exposición Universal de Sevilla
    Sevilla
    1992
    consultant editor Federico Torralba Soriano.
  • Goya. 250 Aniversario
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    1996
    consultant editor Juan J. Luna. From March 29th to June 2nd 1996
  • Goya: Prophet der Moderne
    Alte Nationalgalerie
    Berlin
    2005
    from July 13th to October 3th 2005. Exhibitied also at the Kunsthistorischemuseum, Vienna, October 18th 2005 to January 8th 2006, consultant editor Manuela B. Mena Marqués
  • Goya y el Mundo Moderno
    Museo de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    2008
    organized by the Fundación Goya en Aragón at the Museo de Zaragoza, consultant editors Valeriano Bozal and Concepción Lomba Serrano. From December 18th 2008 to March 22nd 2009
  • Zaragoza
    2022
Bibliografía
  • DESPARMET FITZ - GERALD, Xavier
    L'œuvre peint de Goya. 4 vols
    París
    1928-1950
    p. 160, cat. 447
  • GASSIER, Pierre y WILSON, Juliet
    Vie et ouvre de Francisco de Goya
    ParísOffice du livre
    1970
    p. 198, cat. 811
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    BarcelonaPolígrafa
    1970
    vol. I, p. 316, cat. 445
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    Francisco de Goya, 4 vols.
    ZaragozaCaja de Ahorros de Zaragoza, Aragón y Rioja
    1980-1982
    vol. II, p. 119
  • LAFUENTE FERRARI, Enrique (comisario)
    Goya en las colecciones madrileñas
    MadridAmigos del Museo del Prado
    1983
    pp. 182 y 183 (il.), cat. 33
  • LUNA, Juan J. (Comisario)
    Goya. 250 Aniversario
    MadridMuseo del Prado
    1996
    pp. 214 (il.), 392 y 393, cat. 121
  • RUYRA DE ANDRADE, Margarita and CALVO RUATA, José Ignacio
    ZaragozaFundación Zuloaga y Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza
    2022
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