The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Although this picture is held in great esteem and widely admired by critics and the public, art historians have cast doubt as to whether it is an actual Goya. If authentic, then it is likely a portrait of either Rosario Weiss, or, more likely, her mother Leocadia Weiss — the artist's nurse during the last years of his life. Leocadia cared for Goya in exile in Bordeaux, where he settled to live among politically liberal friends. Rosario was later a painter, and it is some historians suggest that she was the creator of this work. However, when compared to the relatively amateur works of hers on display in the Academia de San Fernando, it is generally considered highly unlikely.