Goya lines up thirteen members of the Spanish royal family, life-size and glittering with sashes, jewels and silk. Queen María Luisa stands at the centre holding her youngest son's hand, with the king to the right and the future Ferdinand VII in blue at left. The debt to Velázquez's Las Meninas is open, but here there is no story, only people posing.
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Goya painted himself in the shadows at far left, behind a large canvas. The young woman turning her face away is often read as Ferdinand's future bride, not yet known.
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