Obras Maestras

The Marquise de Lazán

TIPO DE OBRA
Painting
MATERIAL
Oil on canvas
UBICACIÓN

Francisco de Goya

Historia de la procedencia

The painting was given by Empress Eugenia de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III, niece of the portrayed, to Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba.

Observaciones

Ángel M. de Barcia says of this canvas that it can be included among the “masterpieces of Goya”. In fact, its qualities do not detract from the most famous of the XIII Duchess of Alba. Its date is not known, but for stylistic reasons almost all critics place it around 1800.