The ''Portrait of Doña Antonia Zárate'' is an oil painting by Spanish artist

Francisco Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish Romanticism, romantic painter and Printmaking, printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Hi ...

, from ''c.'' 1805. It is the source for the 1810–11 portrait of her by Goya or his studio. It is held in the

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, in

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. In 1900 it was put on show in Madrid and stated to be owned by Doña Adelaida Gil y Zárate. It was bought in London by Sir Otto Beit, who exhibited it at

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and bequeathed it to his son Sir Alfred Beit. It was stolen from Russborough House in 1974 and 1986. A year after the second robbery it was nominally donated by Beit to the

, though it was only recovered from the thieves in 1993.Cusack, Jim.
Beit robbery was biggest art theft in State's history
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'', Nov 6, 1997. Retrieved 14 May 2017

References

Bibliography

* Donaldson, Sara. ''National Gallery of Ireland, Companion Guide''. London, 2009 p. 15

External links

Catalogue entry, National Gallery of Ireland
* Portraits of women 1805 paintings Portraits by Francisco Goya 19th-century portraits Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland Beit collection {{1800s-painting-stub

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