Maria Luisa of Parma
1789 General Archive of the Indies
About this artwork
This portrait depicts Queen Maria Luisa of Parma wearing a formal gown with a large plumed hat. It is a court portrait painted during the peak of Francisco Goya's career as a royal painter.
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Francisco Goya served as a court painter to the Spanish crown for many years, and his portraits of Queen Maria Luisa are often noted for their unflinching realism. Despite his position, he never shied away from depicting his royal subjects with a distinct, sometimes critical, psychological intensity. This particular portrait captures the Queen with the elaborate and somewhat ostentatious fashion typical of the late 18th-century Spanish court.
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Maria Luisa of Parma
Francisco Goya, 1789
