María Tomasa Palafox, Marquise of Villafranca
Spanish art patron and muse
Biography
Doña María Tomasa Palafox y Portocarrero, Marchioness of Villafranca and Duchess of Medina Sidonia (1780–1835), was a patron and muse of the painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes and the wife of Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo, 12th Marquis of Villafranca.
In his famous painting, Goya portrays the Marchioness de Villafranca as an artist with brush and maulstick in her hand. She has interrupted her work at the easel and leaning back in her armchair, she is scrutinising her model, her husband—invisible to the viewer—who is posing for his portrait. He must have been seated facing sideways with his profile to the artist, unable to turn the attention to his wife until the picture was done. Goya honoured his aristocratic "colleague" with the inscription of her name on the palette; he himself signed his work with his signature on the arm of the chair. The marchioness, who is fashionably dressed in the Empire style, was certainly more than just a dabbler in art. She was an honorary member of the Madrid Academy, which also honoured her with an award.
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Family
- Children
- Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 17th Duke of Medina SidoniaFrancisco Álvarez de Toledo y PalafoxMaría Tomasa Álvarez de Toledo y PalafoxJosé Maria Álvarez de Toledo y PalafoxIgnacio Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox
- Parents
- Felipe Antonio de Palafox y Croy d'HavréMaría Francisca de Sales Portocarrero
- Siblings
- Eugenio Eulalio Palafox PortocarreroMaría Gabriela de Palafox y PortocarreroMaría Benita de los Dolores Palafox y PortocarreroCipriano PortocarreroMaría Ramona Palafox y Portocarrero
Awards & honours (1)
- Order of Queen Maria Luisa
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