PARET Y ALCAZÁR, Luis
(b. 1746, Madrid, d. 1799, Madrid)

Self-Portrait in the Studio

1786
Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Paret's refined delicacy and predilection for courtly ambiences is manifest in paintings such as his self-portrait, characterized by the great elegance and grace that typified the "Frenchified" painting of Bourbon Spain.