Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828)
Condesa del Carpio, Marquesa de la Solana (The Countess del Carpio, Marquesa de la Solana)
c.1794–1795
Oil on canvas, 181 x 122 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Born on May 23, 1757 in Bilbao, María Rita Barrenechea y Morante de Laladrid, who had inherited the title of Marquise de la Solana from her mother, married in 1775 the Count del Carpio, Juan Sahagun y de la Mata Linares (1742-1797) ; evolving in the aristocratic and literate environment close to the court, she wrote several plays. (Louvre)
See also:
• Barrenechea y Morante, María Rita (1757-1795)