Portrait of Countess Mathieu de Noailles
Ignacio Zuloaga
1913. Oil on canvas. 152 × 195.5 cm. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao, Spain.A grand portrait depicting the French poet and influential salonnière Anna, Comtesse de Noailles (née Princess Brancovan). Zuloaga presents his sitter reclining on a daybed against a stormy, theatrical landscape, blending traditional Spanish chiaroscuro (reminiscent of El Greco and Goya) with early 20th-century Parisian high-society portraiture.
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