Aristocrat Despite Her

A sculpted face with broad strokes of ochre and sienna, almost flayed by the paint. Only the blue gaze—clear and piercing—stands out from the rest—a gaze that isn’t posing, that seems forced to be there. Behind this portrait, a silent resistance is evident. The background, black and slate blue, blends into the hair without a clear boundary, and the Baroque frame encloses this paradox—a setting for a nobility from which the face seems to be fleeing.