GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de
(b. 1746, Fuendetodos, d. 1828, Bordeaux)

Josefa Bayeu (or Leocadia Weiss)

c. 1798 or 1814
Oil on canvas, 81 x 56 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Depending on how they date this painting, art historians see in it a portrait either of Goya's wife Josefa or his subsequent partner Leocadia Weiss, who moved in with the artist in 1813, just one year after Josefa's death, and lived with him until his death.