Saint Barbara
1773 Museo del Prado
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts Saint Barbara holding a monstrance and a palm frond, rendered in a late 18th-century style. It is part of the collection at the Museo del Prado.
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This work is one of a series of paintings Goya created early in his career for the Sobradiel Palace in Zaragoza. It demonstrates the artist's emerging skill in blending traditional religious portraiture with the fluid, expressive brushwork that would eventually define his more mature Romantic style. The inclusion of the monstrance highlights the saint's traditional iconography as a protector against sudden death.
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Saint Barbara
Francisco Goya, 1773
