Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Dona Maria Tomasa Palafox, Marquesa de Villafranca, 1804, Prado Museum
Since its Goya’s birthday today and it’s Women’s History Month, I wanted to share this portrait of this 19th century exceptional woman. The Marchioness of Villafranca was an honorary member of the Madrid Academy. Goya has depicted Dona Maria sitting in an armchair with brush in one hand and maulstick in the other. She is looking at her work which depicts her husband. Although Goya has included her name on the palette declaring her as an artist, he has still represented her dressed in the latest fashion, an Empire waist diaphanous gown with silk slippers. The maulstick was used by more amateur artists (at least, the great artists would never admit to needing such an aid.) No matter what she is wearing or using to practice her art, I find this portrait within a portrait which introduces many questions about who is The viewer and who is being viewed utterly charming.
so was no one was gonna tell me that the painting saturn devouring his son was found painted directly onto the walls of the artist’s home after he died and that it may not even be depicting the greek legend, that’s just the most common interpretation??????
hello????
Not only was it painted on the wall of his house, it was painted on the wall of his dinning room.
Like imagine you go over to your boy’s house for dinner and that’s across from you while you eat. Like would you say something or just
This is the painting is question by Francisco Goya. Not only was this painting found, but a series of 13 other disturbing pieces of art called his “Black Paintings”. At this point in Goya’s life he had lost his hearing (well most of it) and had moved into a villa where he became a recluse. This was directly after the Napoleonic wars. These paintings were never meant to be found. They were never commissioned and he solely made these for himself.
This is where they think each of those paintings was placed in the house.
What in the goddamn…?
tumblr finding out about fucked up art history is so fun to watch
