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Portrait of a lady
(c. 1810)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
84.2 × 70.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This unsigned portrait of an unidentified Spanish noblewoman was acquired by the NGV in 1926 as a work of the renowned Spanish master Francisco de Goya. By the 1960s the attribution to Goya was questioned, based on an analysis of brushwork. Recent scholarship and research is working towards codifying works by Goya's contemporaries. Current thinking is that this portrait is indeed by Marino Salvador Maella an artist who trained in Madrid and Rome who was appointed painter to the Spanish Court in 1774, around the same time that Goya also received this honour.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Spain
Accession Number
1963-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
dresses (garments) jewellery noblewomen seated figures shawls three-quarter views women (female humans)