Francisco De Goya Y Lucientes, after Vicente López Portaña 

This is a portrait of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, after Vicente López Portaña, rendered in oil by Rosario Weiss Zorrilla. Goya's piercing gaze meets ours, his face a landscape etched with time and experience, holding a brush and palette, emblems of his craft. The tools in his hand speak not just of his profession but of creation itself, a recurrent theme since antiquity, linking the artist to the divine act of bringing forth new worlds. Consider the motif of the artist holding a brush, reminiscent of Saint Luke, the patron saint of artists, often depicted painting the Virgin. This symbol evolves through time, losing some of its religious context but retaining the sense of inspired creation. The gaze, the tools, the act of creation itself—these are powerful forces engaging us on a deep, subconscious level, echoes of a collective memory that transcend the canvas. Each element resonates with a profound psychological weight, inviting viewers into Goya's inner world, revealing the cyclical nature of artistic inspiration.