Source: WTL course archives.
Image: "Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda". Oil on canvas.
Questions: Identify the style of this painting. What elements does the painter use to characterize Gómez de Avellaneda? What level of society does she belong to? What leads one to believe that it is a Latin American painting from the romantic period? Or was this painting done in Spain? Why is the bacground so plain?