Francisco de Goya

María Teresa de Vallabriga

María Teresa de Vallabriga
Datos Generales
Cronología
Ca. 1783
Dimensiones
67.2 x 50.4 cm
Técnica y soporte
Oil on wood panel
Reconocimiento de la autoría de Goya
Documented work
Titular
Private collection
Ficha: realización/revisión
19 Jan 2010 / 14 Sep 2022
Historia

This canvas, probably painted during Goya's second stay in Arenas de San Pedro (Ávila) in the summer of 1784, went from the collection of the Infante Don Luis to that of his daughter, María Teresa de Bourbon y Vallabriga, in Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), in 1820. From there it was left to her daughter, Carlota Luisa de Godoy y Bourbon, who married the Roman prince Camillo Ruspoli. When Carlota Luisa died, in 1886, the painting went to the Ruspoli family and in 1904 was taken to their palace in Florence, from where it later entered the Mexican collection where it is housed today.

Análisis artístico

The half-length portrait shows the subject against a neutral background. She has her body slightly turned to one side and her hair gathered neatly up in a loose bun, groomed and ready to grant the artist an audience. She is wearing an elegant white and grey mantilla, finished off with a dark-coloured fur worn across her chest. Her face, lively and blushing slightly, gives her a very healthy appearance.

We can see where the artist changed his mind in parts around the sitter's shoulders and also where he made some changes to the design of the clothes. The work still has the original frame that it was painted in, complete with test brushstrokes.

Included in the will of the Infante Don Luis de Bourbon y Vallabriga is a description of this work by the artist himself, along with a valuation of one thousand three hundred reales.

For more biographical information, see Mª Teresa de Vallabriga.

Exposiciones
  • Goya. La imagen de la mujer
    Museo Nacional del Prado
    Madrid
    2001
    from October 30th 2001 to February 10th 2002. Exhibitied also at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 10th to June 2nd 2002, consultant editor Francisco Calvo Serraller
  • De Cranach a Monet. Obras maestra de la colección Pérez Simón
    Madrid
    2006
  • Goya y el infante don Luis: el exilio y el reino.
    Palacio Real, Madrid
    Madrid
    2012
    Arte y ciencia en la época de la ilustración española. Responsable científico Francisco Calvo Serraller. Del octubre de 2012 a enero de 2013.
  • Goya: The Portraits
    London
    2015
Bibliografía
  • VIÑAZA, Conde de la
    Goya, su tiempo, su vida, sus obras
    MadridTipografía de Manuel G. Hernández, Impresor de la Real Casa
    1887
    p. 227, cat. XXXV
  • CALVO SERRALLER, Francisco (comisario)
    Goya, la imagen de la mujer
    MadridMuseo Nacional del Prado y Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado
    2001
    p. 176 y 177 (il.)
  • BRAY, Xavier
    LondonNational Gallery Company
    2015
    pp. 39-42
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