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La Fuensanta is a portrait painting by Spanish artist Julio Romero de Torres depicting María Teresa López González, one
of Torres' models. Gonzalez is depicted with her arms resting on a copper cauldron. The painting was made in the autumn of 1929, when Torres completed another two artworks, La Chiquita Piconera and Bodegas Cruz Conde. "Fuensanta" is a Spanish girl’s name that means "holy fountain."
Born in Argentina, González moved with her family to Torres' native town of Córdoba after World War I. After she first sat for Torres at the age of fourteen, González became one of his favourite models whose likeness is most closely associated to Torres. According to Sotheby's, the work has been "proclaimed as a quintessential rendition of Andalucian beauty". It was depicted for 25 years on the 100 peseta banknote.
World War I Andalucia Córdoba Julio Romero de Torres Sotheby's peseta portrait La Chiquita Piconera