Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa Cruz

Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, 2nd Countess of Osilo, iure uxoris Marchioness of Santa Cruz (Spanish: Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón, marquesa de Santa Cruz; 21 September 1784 – 17 November 1851) was a daughter of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna and María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente.

Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz by Goya

In 1801, she married José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein, the future Marquess of Santa Cruz.[1]

She is best known as the subject of an 1805 portrait by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, a family friend.[2]

References
  1. Morales y Marín, José Luis; Goya, Francisco (1997). Goya: a catalog of his paintings. Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis. p. 287. ISBN 9788492267705. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. "Retrato de la marquesa de Santa Cruz, 1805o". Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2017.

Sources
  • Antonio Marichalar, Riesgo y ventura del duque de Osuna Escrito
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