Why it matters
Joaquina Téllez-Girón lies on a red divan in a light white dress, her head decorated with flowers, holding a lyre-guitar. Goya was a friend of her family.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1805.
- It was illegally exported from Spain in 1983.
- Spain bought it back in 1986 for more than US$6 million.
Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz (CC BY-SA 4.0).
