Product Description
A duchess pointing at the ground, as if giving a stage direction. Pale blue is a Neoclassical Pop Art decision, and it makes this oil a new painting rather than a copy of the Romantic-era portrait. Pale blue makes this the coolest edition, quiet enough for a bedroom and still commanding.
“The Black Duchess, Goya Pose” is Neoclassical Pop Art's homage to “The Black Duchess” by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, painted c. 1797 and held at the Hispanic Society of America, New York. In pale blue the oil keeps the duchess's command and cools the mourning.
The Romanticism style painting portrays María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, painted during the eight months Goya was a guest in her estate in Spain from 1796 to 1797.
In the original painting, the 35 Years Old Duchess is wearing a black dress of a Maja, mourning the death of her husband a year earlier.
Although Goya was fifty, deaf, married, and still not fully recovered from an illness, some speculate they may have had a romance because her right index finger points the ground where the words solo Goya (only Goya) written on the sand, and her rings inscribed Alba and Goya The painting had great personal importance to Goya, who kept it in his studio long after her death.
The Neoclassical Version comes in colorful and playful colors of hope and love.
A Romantic-era sitter with modern timing.
A collectible original artwork. Created by the Neoclassical Pop Art studio as an original contemporary painting. A collectible statement piece where the old masters meet pop culture, made for true art lovers.
- Creator : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Year of Creation : 2018
- Dimensions : Available in 5 sizes, from 11"x14" (28x36 cm) to 48"x60" (122x152 cm), or a custom size on request
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Movement & Style : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Hand-painted in oil on stretched canvas
