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This work was painted during the artist's maturity period, in which he carried out the series called "Chiquitas Buenas". This work belongs to this series.
This painting gathers a combination of feelings. It was the result of the contemplation of classics during his travels to Italy and his way of grasp the autochthonous and native things.
María , a young girl with dark hair and white skin. Her nose is thin and her delicate oval face acts as a frame to her thin lips and small mouth on a gloomy background. She looks into space, peacefully, with her eyelid half open. This makes her look really sweet. She is wearing a puffed white-bluish blouse. She poses holding a ceramic pitcher. A hollow pitcher, with a tall neck, and uneven opening and handles. It is decorated with floral motives in red and blue. Women of Cordoba and popular pottery beautifulness can be contemplate one more time Romero de Torres obtain the perfect qualities through the color giving the portrait a shocking realism.