Luisa de Mendoza, Countess of Saldaña, Antonio Ricci, 1603

"the portrait of luisa mendonza, vii countess of saldaña (antonio ricci, 1603) from the gudalajara museum this portrait of a lady from the ducal house of infantado was acquired by the ministry of culture and assigned to the museum of guadalajara, whose collections it has belonged to since 2022. The portrait signed by antonio ricci in 1603 shows the young countess luisa de mendoza y mendoza (1582-1619) called to inherit from her mother the title of duchess of infantado, a succession that was frustrated by her early death. Luxuriously dressed and adopting the posture of the court portraits of the time, the image of luisa de mendoza has arrived at the museum of guadalajara, to remain in the building where she was born, the headquarters of this institution: the palacio del infantado. ". Date: 1603. Dimensions: height: 134 cm (52.7 in); width: 100 cm (39.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo de Guadalajara. Antonio Ricci - Luisa de Mendoza, condesa de Saldaña - Museo de Guadalajara