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Duchess and Duenna

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The Duchess of Alba
The Duchess with Her Duenna

1795 Oil on canvas
12 1/4 inches by 9 3/4inches
De Martin Collection, Madrid

The Duchess "...confronts 'La Beata,' identified by José Ezquerra del Bayo as Rafaela Luisa Velazquez, with a coral amulet that protects against the evil eye. The panic-stricken old woman defends herself with a cross, as if from a demonic apparition." From Goya: Images of Women, page 221, written by Aileen Ribeiro, National Gallery of Art, 2002

 

Detail Duchess and her Duenna

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