Doña Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento, Duchess of Huéscar

This painting is cited among the 32 that came to the possession of the 7th Duke of Berwick and 14th Duke of Alba, Don Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, after the death of the 13th Duchess of Alba.

On the back of the table there is a handwritten sign that reads: “Portrait/of the Exma. Mrs. Duchess of Arcos/Dª. Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento /made/ commissioned by her husband the Hon. Sor. D./Antonio Ponce de León, Duke of Arcos/in the year 1775/By/D. Antonio Rafael Mengs/Chamber Painter of/S.M.C./”.