Year 1783 (1783) Artist Francisco Goya | Medium oil on canvas Created 1783 | |
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Dimensions 151.2 cm × 97.8 cm (59.5 in × 38.5 in) Location Alte Pinakothek, Munich Similar The Family of the Infante D, Witches' Sabbath (The Gre, Saturn Devouring His Son, The Parasol, The Second of May 1808 | ||
Portrait of Maria Teresa de Vallabriga (Spanish: Retrato de María Teresa de Vallabriga) is an oil painting by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, from 1783.
Description
The portrait shows María Teresa de Vallabriga, the wife of the Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, brother of King Charles III of Spain. Married by a younger 32 years, Maria Teresa was one of the reasons why the infante fell out of favor and was expelled from the Madrid court. Maria Teresa, was the daughter of a captain of Aragon cavalry, and had no royal lineage, so the marriage was considered morganatic, and the infant and his family lost many privileges. The family lived in Arenas de San Pedro, where, at the invitation of infant twice visited by Goya to paint several portraits.
Doña Maria Teresa stands with her hands on his back of his chair. The column and part of the arc formed around the form of a frame-style neoclassical portraits. Located behind her is a landscape reminiscent of the work of Velazquez. Maria Teresa is wearing a black and red dress with silk and lace, and tight collar is decorated with white embroidery. The hair is an ornament with feathers and diamonds studded clip, the only visible in the portrait jewel. Her face is lit by a strong beam of light coming from the left, which also highlights the properties of fabrics. Her black eyes seem worried, revealing fears about the future - husband of Maria Theresa was much older; He died two years after the creation of this portrait. His death meant a difficult time for the family, the children have received the Maria Theresa, who after many years returned to his native Zaragoza. It was the marriage of her daughter Maria Teresa of Bourbon with Manuel Godoy that restored the family fortune.
Relations between Infantes were very cordial. They twice invited the painter to his estate, and he spared no praise and evidence kindness. In the years 1783-1784 Goya made for them a total of 16 paintings, the most important of them are family Infante don Luis. Repeatedly he portrayed Maria Teresa (Portrait of Maria Teresa de Vallabriga profile), Portrait of Maria Teresa de Vallabriga bust) and Portrait of Maria Teresa de Vallabriga on horseback); He had for her a special respect and affection, perhaps because they both came from Aragon. Louis Anthony was in poor health and died in 1785; for Goya it meant losing a valuable client and patron.