Focus on this artwork and discuss the abstract.
The Portrait of Doña Antonia Zárate is the source for the 1810–11 portrait of her by Goya or his studio.
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 Russborough House 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 National Gallery of Ireland, though it was only recovered from the thieves in 1993.
Sir Otto Beit Portrait of Doña Antonia Zárate Sir Alfred Beit Alfred Beit 1810–11 portrait of her Russborough House National Gallery of Ireland Otto Beit