Infanta Luisa Fernanda de Borbon, Duquesa de Montpensier
Infanta Luisa Fernanda de Borbon, Duquesa de Montpensier c1851 by Spanish Painter Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815 – 1894); also a lithographer, writer and politician.
This is an elegant portrait of Luisa Fernanda de Borbón (1832 – 1897) the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand VII (1784 – 1833) of Spain and is fourth wife Maria Christina (1806 – 1878) of the Two Sicilies, the queen-regent, who also happened to be his niece.
She is posed in a large lavish room standing on a colorfully patterned red carpet, which has in the background to the left of the image, a large wall mirror with gold accent gilding, that is positioned over an elaborately carved gold gilded table that has on top of it a decorative gold box, a beautiful blue spherical vase with a floral gold stand containing a bouquet of flowers.
In the middle wall panel is more decorative gilded wood work and a sculpted face high up; and on the last wall panel that has more decorative wood work is a decorative wall shelf with a blue vase on it and below that a decorative love with a gilded wood border.
Luisa is shown wearing a full length white embroidered lace gown that is complemented by a gold tail like trailing material with silver floral embroidered details and pearls, that flows from the back of her dress at the waist and wraps around to her right side on the floor.
She has a royal blue, white and pink sash that carries from her right shoulder down to the left side of her waist with an attached blue and white ribbon hanging from her left side.
On her left hand which is positioned near the left side of her chest has a white silk evening glove on to and sheer handkerchief tucked into it; while her right hand holds the other evening clove to the right side of her body.
On her black hair, hang from the back she has a silk white lace kerchief that matches her dress; and around her head she is wearing a tiara comprised of silver and gold, with ruby gemstone.
The tiara is complemented with earrings, a necklace, a bracelet, a large brooch on the front of her dress and two smaller ones on the shoulders of the dress that bear the same and similar pattern.
Infanta Luisa Fernanda de Borbon, Duquesa de Montpensier is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a meatailt, acrylic, fiodh, clò-bhualadh canabhas air-loidhne.
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Federico was born in Rome to José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781 – 1859), a painter and former Director of the Prado Museum; and was part of a line of great artists, that included his grandfather on his mother side; Tadeusz Kuntze (1733 – 1793), peantair Pòlach.
Other members of this creative family include his brothers, who were the painter Luis de Madrazo (1825 – 1897), Pedro de Madrazo (1816 – 1898), neach-breithneachaidh ealain agus Juan de Madrazo (1829 – 1880), ailtire.
Am measg na cloinne aig Federico bha am peantair Ricardo de Madrazo (1851 – 1917), Raimundo de Madrazo agus Garreta (1841 – 1920) agus Cecilia de Madrazo y Garreta (1846 – 1932) a phòs an sàr neach-ealain Orientalist, Maria Fortuny (1838 – 1874).
Tha an teaghlach Madrazo air a mhìneachadh mar aon de na dealbhan peantaidh Spàinnteach as cudromaiche san 19mh linn; a bha gu tur an urra ri peantadh anns an Spàinn aig an àm sin.
Thòisich Federico air leasan ealanta a ghabhail bho athair, agus fhad ‘s a bha e fhathast a’ frithealadh Acadamaidh Rìoghail San Fernando, pheant e a' chiad dealbh aige The Resurrection of Christ c1829; a cheannaich a' Bhan-righ Cairistiona.
Goirid às deidh an dealbh sin chruthaich e Achilles na bhùth, agus an deigh sin thaisbean e do'n Acadamaidh The Continence of Scipio, a thug air cead a steach mar bhall e “airson airidheachd”.
Trì bliadhna às deidh sin dh’ fhalbh Federico gu Paris far an do rinn e sgrùdadh air an Franz Winterhalter agus pheant e dealbhan de Baron Taylor agus Ingres (Peantair Neoclassical Frangach).
Ann an 1837 fhuair e coimisean airson dealbh a chruthachadh airson gailearaidh Versailles, son an do dhealbh e “Ghairm Godfrey de Bouillon Rìgh Ierusalem”; goirid an dèidh sin thill e dhan Ròimh agus ghabh e os làimh pròiseactan a 'cruthachadh dhealbhan airson uaislean na Spàinne.