# The Marquesa de Pontejos, in Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya painted this in about 1786, aged 40. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> The Marquesa de Pontejos stands in a parklike landscape in a silvery-grey gown puffed and festooned with pink roses and ribbons, a straw hat tilted on her powdered hair, a carnation in one hand and a closed fan in the other. A pug in a pink collar with bells stands at her feet.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1786
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 210.3 x 127 cm (82 13/16 x 50 in.) framed: 231.8 x 146.4 cm (91 1/4 x 57 5/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1937.1.85
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Francisco Goya](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francisco-goya), Spanish, 1746–1828

Goya began with tapestry designs for the royal factory in Madrid and rose to become first painter to the Spanish court under Charles IV. After a serious illness left him deaf in the 1790s, his work grew darker and more personal.

12 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Francisco Goya's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-francisco-goya?hang=749) (8 works)
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