The Marquesa de Pontejos, c. 1786, Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya shows The Marquesa de Pontejos dressed in the height of fashion, with a wasp-waisted corset and the adoption of the “shepherdess” style popularized by Marie Antoinette. Her full skirt and broad-brimmed straw hat were also influenced by foreign fashions popular within Spain. The carnation she holds and the roses tucked into her skirt suggest that this portrait was probably painted on the occasion of her first marriage.
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