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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Portrait of Gerónima Goicoechea y Galarza, 1805

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Description

Maker

  • Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746-1828, Spanish, printmaker

Title

Portrait of Gerónima Goicoechea y Galarza

Year

1805

Medium

Oil on copper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • paint

Supports

  • copper

Dimensions

Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on back:1805 a los 15 anos Geronima par Goya

Place

Spain

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop

Object Number

34.1366

About

Two miniature portraits in the RISD Museum collection depict the young sisters-in-law of Goya’s son, Javier. The artist painted several small portraits such as these, perhaps as gifts to family members. The older of the two girls, Gerónima (34.1366), gazes to the right, her curly brown hair tucked beneath a gold-colored bonnet. At fifteen she is approaching womanhood and marriageable age, but her dark eyes suggest shyness. Her younger sister, Cesárea (34.1365), in profile facing left, wears a blue empire-waisted dress with narrow sleeves. Ribbons cascade from her bonnet to her throat and draw attention to her wide eyes, upturned nose, and slender torso. Painting in oil on small copper discs, Goya rendered these highlighted portraits on a dark, smooth ground. His fluid brushstrokes evoke his sitters’ youthfulness and emphasize the reflective quality of their complexions and costumes.

Signed on back:1805 a los 15 anos Geronima par Goya

Spain
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Projects & Publications

Publications

Goya

Order & Disorder

European Paintings and Sculpture, ca. 1770 - 1937

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

European Galleries

These miniature portraits depict the young sisters-in-law of Goya’s son, Javier. The artist painted several small portraits such as these, perhaps as gifts to family members. The older of the two girls, Gerónima, gazes to the right, her curly brown hair tucked beneath a gold-colored bonnet. At fifteen she is approaching womanhood and marriageable age, but her dark eyes suggest shyness. Her younger sister, Cesárea, in profile facing left, wears a blue empirewaist dress with narrow sleeves. Ribbons cascade from her bonnet to her throat and draw attention to her wide eyes, upturned nose, and slender torso. Painting in oil on small copper discs, Goya rendered these highlighted portraits on a dark, smooth ground. His fluid brushstrokes evoke his sitters’ youthfulness and emphasize the reflective quality
of their complexions and costumes. [see also 35.1365]

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Portrait of Gerónima Goicoechea y Galarza with the accession number of 34.1366. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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