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Narcisa Barañana de Goicoechea

ca. 1805
Not on view
Majas, women of lower social rank known for wearing exaggerated traditional Spanish dress such as this towering black lace mantilla, inspired fashionable women across society. Despite being brazenly signed “Goya” across her ring in a manner that recalls a bold inscription on the jewelry of a similarly dressed portrait by Goya of the Duchess of Alba, the attribution of this portrait has sometimes been questioned. Identification of the sitter is only by tradition, because it was shown as the pendant to Goya’s portrait of King Ferdinand VII’s Minister of War, Juan Bautista de Goicoechea y Urrutia, as exhibited at an important retrospective of the artist held in Madrid in 1900.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Narcisa Barañana de Goicoechea
  • Artist: Attributed to Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
  • Date: ca. 1805
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 44 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (112.4 x 78.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.100.180
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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