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Portrait of a girl, 1852. Portrait painted by Bécquer at the age of 18, of a young girl in an elegant green satin dress, adorned with black madroños (ie pompoms). Underneath her dress she wears a white broderie anglaise blouse with a scalloped collar and sleeves, and matching bloomers that peep out from under the crinoline skirt. In her right hand, she holds a wide-brimmed sun hat, an essential part of walking attire, as were the ankle boots that cover her feet. On her left hand she wears a braided, and her earrings adorn a face illuminated from the left, highlighting her curly hair against the intense cloudscape in the background. In the foreground, a dried-out pita plant.