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The Duchess of Alba and La Beata
1795
The lively, somewhat childish character of Cayetana, the Duchess of Alba, is reflected in this little canvas. Her back is turned to the viewer, but she is recognizable by her abundantly curly black hair. She plays at frightening her duenna, Rafaela Luisa Velázquez, known as “la Beata” (“the Sanctimonious”). The Duchess shows the old woman a coral charm of the sort designed to ward off the evil eye. The latter, in turn, protects herself with a cross, as if it were the devil himself. This work is signed and dated with incisions at the lower right.
Museum: Museo del Prado
Wikimedia Commons
Museum: Museo del Prado
Wikimedia Commons
- Size:
- 33 x 27.7 cm
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- License:
- Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
- For more:
- https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the…
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