[2][3] Although the picture is held in great esteem and widely admired by critics and the public, doubt has been cast by art historians as to whether it is an actual Goya.

Muguiro's descendants donated the work to the Museo del Prado in 1946,[1] where it remains a popular exhibit at the gallery, despite doubts as to its origin.

[9] It has also been argued that Rosario was Goya's illegitimate daughter, but those claims are unsubstantiated, and it is highly unlikely, given that Leocadia was living with her husband at the time.

[11] This portrait features a young woman wrapped in a shawl that Goya had likely bought himself, as mentioned in a letter from Leandro Fernandez de Moratin to Juan Antonio Melón.

[15] The sky in the background is just a blur of colours, and the position of the woman has been interpreted as implying that she is actually riding on a mule, though it, as well as her hands, are not visible in the painting.