Isabel de Borbon
Medium
Etching with engraving in black on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 34.4 × 31.1 cm (13 9/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Plate: 37.2 × 31.1 cm (14 11/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Sheet, folded at top & bottom: 55.4 × 43 cm (21 13/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44596
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
A court painter during his early career, Goya produced prints with comparatively little political subtext after his famed predecessor Diego de Velázquez. Isabella de Bourbon, the wife of King Phillip IV of Spain, is depicted riding sidesaddle in this portrait based on a 1635 painting in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Intended to be paired with a companion image of Philip, the print faces the same way as the panting, showing Isabella enjoying a secure seat, elaborate trappings, and an expe...
About the Artist
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes · 1746–1828
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born on March 30, 1746, in the small Aragonese village of Fuendetodos, Spain, to José Benito de Goya, a master gilder, and Gracia de Lucientes. The fourth of six children in a modest lower-middle-class family, Goya received a basic education before beginning his artistic training at age 14 under the local painter José Luzán y Martínez in Zaragoza, where he sp...