Tomás Pérez de Estala

Tomás Pérez de Estala was the director of the Royal Textile Factory in Segovia.

Here he is shown in front of a neutral background, just like the sitters in most of Goya's portraits. A light source off to the left lights up his face, his large head and wide jaw. He is wearing a blue dress coat, left open to reveal the white shirt beneath that gives the painting much of its luminosity. Above the shirt he wears a scarf, concealing his thick neck. In his left hand he holds a rolled-up sheet of paper, whilst his right hand rests in his trouser pocket.