Portrait of a Young Woman
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
(1746 - 1828)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, a.k.a. "Goya," painted scores of portraits of Spanish royalty, most of them identified. This "Portrait of a Young Woman," however, remains unidentified, one clue that it may not be from the hand of the master. The eyes are another clue: Goya painted black dots for eyes. No pupil, just a little black iris. The irises of this "mystery woman's" eyes are brown. Did Goya run out of black
paint the day he made this portrait?


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