Young Lady Wearing a Mantilla and Basquina
c. 1800/1805
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 109.5 x 77.5 cm (43 1/8 x 30 1/2 in.) framed: 125.4 x 93.6 x 6 cm (49 3/8 x 36 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. P.H.B. Frelinghuysen
Accession Number
1963.4.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Francisco Goya · 1746–1828
Francisco Goya, born on March 30, 1746, in the small Aragonese village of Fuendetodos, Spain, to a gilder father and a mother from a family claiming minor nobility, displayed artistic promise early. At age 14, he apprenticed under painter José Luzán y Martínez in Zaragoza, honing his skills by copying prints before working independently. After unsuccessful attempts to enter Madrid's Real Academia ...